Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 626
626 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Meaning that, We never punish people unless we first send a Messenger. Thus, as is borne out by events in the past, when even minor chas- tisements were preceded by the coming of Prophets, how then is it pos- sible that at the time of this most terrible chastisement-which is the chastisement of the Latter Days and which shall envelope the entire earth, and about which all the Prophets had warned—a Messenger of God should not appear? This would amount to an outright negation of the Word of God. Hence, this Messenger is none other than the Promised Messiah. Since the cause of these chastisements, without the least doubt, is the mischief of Christianity, so was it but necessary that a Messenger-appropriate to the situation created by the mischief rife in the world—should appear with the purpose of putting an end to the said mischief. This is why this Messenger is called the Promised Messiah. This proves that the Holy Quran does mention the Promised Messiah and this is exactly what we had wanted to establish. Everyone can appreciate that if—according to the Holy Quran—at the time of the great Christian mischief, the coming of a punishment was necessary, then the coming of the Promised Messiah was also nec- essary. And it is clear that the coming of this chastisement during the peak of Christianity's mischief is proven from the Holy Quran. Thus, the coming of the Promised Messiah is also proven from the Holy Quran. Similarly, it is generally proven from the Holy Quran that Allah the Exalted says that when We decide to visit a people with chas- tisement, We permit their hearts to become filled with sinfulness and immorality and, as a result, they exceed all limits of indulgence in their carnal desires and shamelessness. It is then that divine chastisement overtakes them. It is obvious that these matters, too, have reached a cli- max in Europe, thereby inviting chastisement which, in its own right, requires the [simultaneous] presence of a Messenger of Allah—and the same is the Promised Messiah. Thus, it is indeed surprising that these people should allege that the Holy Quran makes no mention of the Promised Messiah. Furthermore, this Quranic verse: