The Ocean of Light — Page 14
14 imagination and are as numerous as the grains of sand. There is no city or village which they have not reached, and there is no strategy that they have not used, nor any machination that they have not employed. They have lit the flames of war and their onslaughts have increased. They have devised strategies the likes of which were not found in the past, nor is there anything like them anywhere in the world today. The Almighty God saw that the Muslims did not have the ability to counter these forces, and He observed the weakness that had afflicted them. So, He, out of His Grace, organised heavenly forces to combat these earthly troops and sent down His Promised Messiah 1 so that he may shatter the cross of the enemies to pieces. This 1 It is written in the A ha d i th that the Promised Messiah will break the cross and this breaking will manifest in strange ways. And my Lord has made me understand that the breaking of the cross at the hands of the Messiah will not be through wars, rather he will come to put an end to wars. He will break, through these very signs, the doctrines that uphold the cross. (Author)