Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 43
43 Malfuzat – Volume IV The Awaited Messiah has Come So what is the need for the coming of the Messiah at this time? If other rea - sons and requirements are put aside, the mere fact that the Muslim ummah and the Mosaic dispensation bear a resemblance is extremely significant in itself. The Messiah, peace be upon him, appeared in the fourteenth century after Moses, peace be upon him. Now, I present a precedent of a spiritual manifestation from the past. So those who say that no, it is the Messiah himself who will return again physically, should also present an example too. In the case that they cannot present such an example—and indeed they cannot—then why do they say that which constitutes an innovation in the Faith? Abstain from self-invented beliefs because they will lead a person to ruin. This is the reason that divine wrath fell upon the Jews, because they rejected a Messenger of God Almighty. The calam - ity that confronted them was that they took what was a metaphor in the literal sense and as a result they became a people that incurred the wrath of God. A similar case is present now. It saddens me to see the current state of the Muslims. A previous example of the Jews is already present. The Muslims recite the prayer: 1 َنَ ْي ِ ْل َٓا ْلِض ا َا ْل َوَ ( And those who have not gone astray ) five times in their daily Prayers and they all agree that these words refer to the Jews. I am at a loss to understand, therefore, as to why they oppose me. When a verdict has already been made in a similar case at the time of one Prophet, why do they demand that the Messiah should descend from heaven in contradiction to his own previous verdict. It was the Messiah himself who gave a verdict on the case of Elijah and clearly estab - lished that ‘second comings’ are in the form of spiritual manifestations, and he stated that Elijah had come in the form of John. However, despite this precedent, the Muslims of today will not be satisfied until they force the Messiah down from heaven in the physical sense. However, I proclaim that you and all your support - ers can come together and supplicate for the Messiah to descend from heaven and then you will see whether he descends or not. I truly proclaim that even if you hit your heads for an entire lifetime and if during the course of these supplications, your noses are reduced to nothing, he will still not descend from heaven, because the one who was destined to appear has come. I proclaim once again, that if Jesus as was destined to descend from heaven, it is now, more than ever, that he ought to have come because in your view an impost - er and a liar is claiming for himself the position of the Messiah. If it is actually 1 al-Fatihah , 1:7