Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 627
EPILOGUE-SIGNS كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِيْنَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ 627 also requires that in the fourteenth century one like 'Īsā [Jesus] should make his appearance in the Ummah, quite like Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā, who appeared fourteen centuries after Mūsā [Moses], so that a similar- ity should be maintained between the beginning and the end of both orders. Furthermore, the following verse of the Holy Quran also contains this prophecy: وَ إِنْ مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْقِيمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا Meaning that, there is not a town but We shall destroy it before the Day of Resurrection or punish it with a severe punishment. This means that a terrible chastisement shall descend upon the world in the Latter Days. While on the other hand God says: وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّى نَبْعَثَ رَسُولًا This also shows that a Messenger will appear in the Latter Days, and he it is who will be the Promised Messiah. And this same prophecy is contained in Surah al-Fatihah, for God Almighty has designated the Christians as those who have gone astray. This contains the indication that although hundreds of religious groups exist in the world who have gone astray, the Christians shall transgress all limits to the extent that they alone will stand out as the misguided ones. And when the misguidance of a people becomes 1. As He made Successors from among those who were before them (Surah an- Nür, 24:56). [Publisher] 2. Surah Bani Isra'il, 17:59 [Publisher] 3. We never punish until We have sent a Messenger (Surah Bani Isrā'il, 17:16). [Publisher]