Lecture Sialkot — Page 15
L ECTURE S IALKOT 15 the present era is the last era of the world. As God has created seven days and likened each day to a thousand years, this metaphor shows, on the authority of the clear statement of the Holy Quran, that the age of the world is seven thousand years. What is more, God Almighty is Watr and He loves watr. 10 Just as He has created seven days which are watr , the figure 'seven thousand' is also watr. From all this we may infer that this is the last age and the final era of the world, 11 at the turn of which the Promised Messiah was destined to appear according to the Divine scriptures. Naw a b S idd i q H assan Kh a n testifies in his book H ujajul Kir a mah that none of the recipients of visions in Islam have fixed the age of the Promised Messiah beyond the turn of the fourteenth century. The question naturally arises as to why the Promised Messiah was to appear from among the Muslims. The answer is that Allah the Almighty has promised in the Holy Quran that the Holy Prophet’s sa Prophethood shall bear a close resemblance to the era of Moses as , both with regard to its beginning and its end. The first 10 Watr: the odd number, as opposed to even. God, being One, is also Watr. [Publishers] 11 The Promised Messiah as has elsewhere (e. g. Lecture Lahore) explained this fact that human civilization and dispensation have a cyclic life. The progeny of Adam also has a life cycle of seven thousand years. Only God knows how many Adams have passed away and how many have yet to come. [Publishers]