Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 182
182 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Then on page 257 of the [Urdu] Review [of Religions], volume 1, Number 6, it is stated that: God has raised the Promised Messiah from this Ummah, who far exceeds the first Messiah in his glory. Again, on page 475' of the Review is written: I swear by Him in whose hands my life is that, had Masīḥ Ibn-e- Maryam [Messiah, the son of Mary] lived in my time, he could never have performed what I can, and could not have shown the Signs which are being manifested through me. The crux of the objection is that there is a contradiction between these two statements. THE ANSWER: Bear in mind that Allah the Exalted is well aware that I am neither pleased nor interested in being called the Promised Messiah nor in proclaiming myself superior to Masīḥ Ibn-e-Maryam. God has Himself testified to the inner depths of my conscience in His holy rev- elation, as He says: قُلْ أُجَرِّدُ نَفْسِي مِنْ ضُرُوْبِ الْخِطَابِ Meaning that, tell them, 'As far as I am concerned, I do not want any title for myself. In other words, my aim and objective is higher than these thoughts. Bestowing a title is an act of God; I have no influence in it. The question remains why it has been written so and why such a contradiction has occurred in the statements. Ponder over it and realize 1. Page 475 is a typographical error. This text referenced here appears in the Urdu Review of Religions, vol. 1, no. 12, p. 478. [Publisher]