The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 219
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI will be united by accepting Islam with the efforts and prayers of the. Promised Messiah and his followers with the blessing of Allah's help. . The first phase of victory of Islam was due to Divine help and great sacrifices of early Muslims and the second phase of universal history of Islam will also be accomplished by Divine help and great sacrifices of Muslims under leadership of Hadhrat Ahmad, the Promised. Messiah and Mahdi. . The enemies of Islam have charged that the great success and spread of Islam in early centuries was due to force by the sword. This charge is utterly false. The Muslims have no sword in this era but. Islam is still spreading. Some call it the fastest growing religion in the world. Islam has great appeal to mankind due to its inherent qualities and blessings. The second phase of great universal success of Islam under leadership and guidance of the Promised Messiah will not be due to any physical conquest but by winning the hearts and souls of mankind by the divine message of Islam. The mission of the. Promised Messiah is to preach and propagate Islam by peaceful means; by giving example of blessings of Islam and by prayers. seeking divine help and heavenly signs. Thus with the spread and success of Islam in this the second phase, the false charge of the use of the sword will be eradicated forever. . The knowledge of the future is with God All knowing and according to the Holy Quran He bestows the knowledge of the unseen to his prophets. A good example is the numerous prophecies in the. Holy Quran and in the recorded sayings of the Holy Prophet. Muhammad (Hadith) In our age Hadhrat Ahmad. the Promised. Messiah was granted abundant knowledge of future by Allah through revelation. We have given many examples in this book. . Man has no definite knowledge about the future. Even great scholars and historians can only guess. For example, the two former. American Presidents who involved the United States in the Vietnam. War, did not know that in a few years the war will end in utter debacle, even though they had great scholars and experts to consult and advise. Had they known, they would have never got involved in. Vietnam. In contrast to a prophet, a historian by analyzing history can 219