Twenty-Three Great Objectives of Building the House of Allah — Page 100
101 Messiah; it is he who is Kh a timul Khulaf a ’ (the Seal of the Vicegerents). Thus, the Holy Prophet sa is at the head of the Muhammadan age and the Promised Messiah at its end. It was necessary that the world had not come to an end until he had appeared. As the service of bringing all the peoples under one banner has been assigned to that vicegerent of the Prophethood. It is to this very fact that the verse alludes to, which is as follows: 51 That is, God is He Who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religions, that is, grant him a global dominance. And since this global dominance was not achieved in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet sa and it is impossible for the prophecy of God to remain unfulfilled, therefore, all the divines of old who have passed before us held that this global dominance would be achieved in the time of the Promised Messiah as. Three factors, which have not been found in any age before, are essential for this global dominance. (1) First, that all the ways and means be opened for various nations to interact fully and easily and unbearable hardships of journey be removed. (2) The second condition to be fulfilled that a given religion, by virtue of its excellence, has dominance over all other religions is that all peoples in the world enjoy freedom to hold inter-religious debates. Every people may present the excellence of their religion before other people; and present the excellence of their religion and shortcomings in other religions through