The Future of Ahmadiyyat — Page 5
‑ 5 ‑ over the whole world. Allah the Exalted treats those prophets who share in the qualities of Moses as differently to those who share in the qualities of the Messiah as. He bestows on the former govern- ance and rule because He wishes to see the sharia implemented in their lifetime. However, since the latter type of prophets do not bring a new law and only teach in accordance with the previous law, therefore, it is not necessary for them to exercise worldly rule. Accordingly, [God instructs] the fol- lowers of these prophets to preach with love, compassion and humility, and to remain steadfast in the face of the enmity of their opponents and, therefore, by comparison He also delays the time of their progress. Since the Promised Messiah as was a messianic prophet, it was necessarily true that the time of his triumph would take longer to come than that of the Holy Prophet sa. However, it need