A Present to His Royal Highness - The Prince of Wales — Page 45
45 Whenever he found that any man was unjust and trespassed against others, he would go to him and counsel him to be just and to render every one his due. He particularly exhorted his elder brother, who managed the estate of both, that he should suffer loss himself rather than deprive another man of his right and thus was it fulfilled that the Son of man shall fill the earth with righteousness and justice. When he attained his fortieth year, he began to receive revelation in unbroken succession; and he received commands to the effect “Islam is undefended and is despised by the world; arise and defend it and establish its greatness and glory in the hearts of men. ” He, therefore, wrote a voluminous book in the defence of Islam and called it the “Baraheen-i-Ahmadiyyah. ” In this book he demonstrated the truth of Islam and its superiority over all other religions, and invited the followers of every religion and faith to put forth the excellences of their revealed books, in a similar manner, as opposed to Islam, but repeated challenges failed to bring anybody in the field, and the greatest divines of the country expressed their belief that this book could not have been written without divine aid, for they knew that the author had not studied at any college nor had he read with any learned tutor. Before this book was completed, God told him that he was now required for another service and he was entrusted with the spiritual reform of the Muslims. After this he proclaimed that those who were desirous of taking the oath of spiritual allegiance to him were welcome to do so. From this moment, opposition to him became active.