The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 87
Status of the Promised Messiahas 87 such peoWe have with us the statements of many ple, which we can make available to anyone who is eager to follow this line of investigation. [Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, p. 343]. Knowledge of the Holy Qur'ān. I call God to witness, in Whose hand is my life, that. I have been given excellence over every other individual in the matter of understanding the deeper and subtler meanings of the Holy Qur'ān. Had the opponent Maulavis come forward to compete with me in this, as I had repeatedly invited them to do, they would have been humiliated by God. The understanding of the Qur'ān that has been bestowed upon me is a sign of Allāh, the Glorious, and I, by the grace of Allah, believe that the world will soon recognize the truth of my claim. [Sirāj-e-Munir, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 12, p. 41]. It is God's design that whoever out of the Muslims remains away from me will be cut off, be he a ruler or a subject. [Majmu'ah Ishtihārāt, vol. 2, p. 416]. Acceptance Obligatory. God Almighty has disclosed to me that whoever has been apprised of my advent and does not accept me is not a Muslim and is accountable to God. [Letters to Dr. 'Abdul Hakim quoted in Al-Faḍl, vol. 22, no. 85, 15 March 1935, p. 8]