The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 128
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI worlds. In fact I would have perished under this grief long ago, if my. Heavenly Friend, the Almighty Allah, had not reassured me that. Tauheed (Unity of God) was finally to triumph and prevail. The days are coming near when the sun of Truth shall rise from the west, and. Europe shall come to know of the real and true God. The time is, indeed, near when the sense of the Unity of God, which is felt even by those living in the wildernesses will spread in those countries. At that time there would be left neither any artificial doctrine of Atonement, nor any artificial god. Then the things which I now say that there is no god other than Allah, will come to be thoroughly grasped and understood. Aye, there is no god but Allah. But there is certainly another Messiah even he who is here speaking. The Jealous sense of. God for His oneness is demonstrating to the world that He alone has no equal, but the equal of man is here". (Ishtihaar, January 14, 1887) 4. "Before me, what did not the Jews do to an un-offending man, the son of Mary! How, as they thought they nailed him to the cross! But Allah saved him from death by crucifixion. . . . . . And then, later, came the time when the same Jesus, son of Mary, attained a greatness where 400 missions of people fall in postration before him, and great kings bow down their heads in reverence at the mention of his name. So, although I have prayed that, like Jesus, son of Mary, I should not be made into a factor for the promotion of shirk (polytheism) and I remain assured that Allah will certainly do so,. Allah has yet conveyed it to me that He will put my love in the hearts of peoples and He will make my Movement spread all over the earth; and He would make my followers prevail over all other sects; and the members of my Movement will attain to such perfection in knowledge and comprehension, that, with the light of their truth and signs, they would make their opponents dumb in defeat; and all peoples shall drink from this fountain; and this Movement shall grow with great vigour, and thrive, till it embraced the whole earth. Many obstacles shall rise in the path, but Allah will remove them all from the way; and He will fulfill His promise. And, addressing me, Allah said: 'I shall bless you, so that kings shall seek blessings from your garments. In kashf (vision), these kings were shown to me: They 128