The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 108
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. KRISHNA FOR HINDUS. Hindus are the majority community in India and Muslims are a significant minority. There are about one hundred million Muslims. in India at present. Both Hindus and Muslims have lived together in. India for centuries in a sort of unstable peace. Following the teaching of the Holy Quran that Allah had sent his messengers or prophets to all nations prior to the advent of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be on him), Hadhrat Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, honoured the great Hindu historical figures of Krishna and Rama Chandra among others. He considered them to be prophets of God. Hindus call them. Autar or Rishi. As Allah says in the Holy Quran that names of some of the past prophets have been stated in this book while there are others whose names have not been mentioned. Hadhrat Ahmad held the general principle that a religious founder, who was accepted and honoured by a large section of a nation or mankind and continued to be loved and respected for centuries together, must be a true prophet. . He explained it by saying that Allah does not grant such acceptance, success and honour to a false person or an impostor. Following these principles, Ahmadi Muslims regard Krishna, Rama Chandra, Buddha,. Zoroaster and Confucious to be the true prophets of their time, meant for their respective nations. . The Promised Messiah has said that the religion of Krishnal was quite different from the present day religion of Hinduism. His religion was based upon the teaching of the Unity of God. He further explained that with the passage of time, the true teachings get interpolated and become hidden under a thousand veils and their reality becomes unknown to the world. The Promised Messiah has mentioned a Hadith, in which the Holy Prophet was asked about any prophet in India. He said in reply "Yes, there was a prophet in India. . He was of dark colour and his name was Kahin" (Krishna is called. . Krishan Kanhyya in India). The Promised Messiah has mentioned that one time he saw Krishna in a dream. He was of dark colour, had a 108