Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 64
64 world that God loves Islam and the Holy Prophet s as , and that He is not pleased when people do not pay heed to them. Similarly, he said that since the Holy Prophet s as had been sent for all mankind and it was God’s will that the whole world should come together at his hand, He had, therefore, caused the Founders of all religions to make prophecies about the return in the latter days of the world of a Prophet from their particular reli - gion. This was so that religious division should not be a barrier in the acceptance of the Seal of Prophets s as. These prophecies of vari - ous religions in fact foretold the coming of a follower of the Holy Prophet s as through whom his truth would be affirmed and all reli - gions would come together under his banner, and they came to be fulfilled in the person of the Promised Messiah as who came as the Messiah for Christians and Jews, as the Masiodarbahimi for Zoroastrians, and as Krishna for Hindus. His truth can be ascer - tained by the followers of these religions through their own scrip - tures. Once they have acknowledged the truth of the Promised Messiah as , they can then become cognizant of the truth of Islam and enter into the discipleship of the Holy Prophet s as. Arguments in Support of his Claim Having briefly described the claim of the Promised Messiah as , I will now give a short description of the proofs and arguments through which the truth of someone who has been sent by God can be ascertained and how these apply to the Promised Messiah as. Once it has been established that a person has been sent by God, it becomes incumbent upon everyone to accept all his claims, for