خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 408
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 408 October 1st, 1982 strongly, with the result that they were awe-inspiring to the enemies and a time came when the people dared not attack the values of Islam because there were so many guards created in this lowest heaven۔After a while unfortunately, as the Holy Qu'ran had itself predicted, there were changes taking place in this heaven۔Stars were torn from their hinges and darkness was replacing light gradually, with the result that ultimately as Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa had predicted himself, a time of total darkness came and got extended into centuries۔Very little light from the heaven was observable during that unfortunate period of dark ages, for the world of Islam۔But with the grace of Allah, Hadrat Masih-e-Ma'ud came۔He was raised by Allah Himself and the new heaven for Islam was created۔New stars came into being, new system of defence for Islamic values was created and it went into action immediately۔But Hadrat Masih-e-Ma'ud did not wait for the stars to be born۔He himself went into action first and, in fact, that process was the process of creation of other stars, like it happened earlier in the time of Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa The prophets are like suns or like moons۔Around them a new heaven is created by their light, in fact, and this is the phenomenon which we observe unfolding again in the time of Hadrat Masih-e-Ma'ud But time has left since a lot of water has flown under the bridges of the world۔