The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 246
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI very life. The Book is the Holy Quran, which comprises true and perfect guidance and effectiveness, through which knowledge and understanding of the Divine are obtained and the heart is purified of human weakness, and being delivered from ignorance and heedlessness and doubts, a person arrives at the stage of complete certainty. (Braheen-i-Ahmadiyya, p. 535 Sub-footnote 3 - Essence of. Islam, Vol. 1, p. 138) 4. We know for certain that the greatest Prophet of God and. His best beloved is Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. . The followers of other prophets are in darkness having nothing with them except old stories and tales. But the Muslims always receive fresh signs from God Almighty. Therefore, among Muslims there are found many persons of understanding, who believe in God with such certainty as if they behold Him, but other people have not this certainty concerning God Almighty. Therefore, our soul bears witness that the true and right religion is Islam alone. . . . . The miracles of our the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, we experience those signs. ourselves and through the blessings of observation and experience we arrive at complete certainty. How high is the status of that perfect and the Holy Prophet whose Prophethood always furnishes fresh proof to seekers, and by the blessings of witnessing continuous signs, we arrive at the stage where we see God Almighty with our own eyes, as it were. Thus true religion is that and the true Prophet is he, the fresh spring of whose truth should always be witnessed. To rely upon mere stories which are subject to all kinds of exceptions, does not commend itself to the wise. Hundreds of people have been deified in the world and they are believed in on the basis of hundreds of old tales, but the truth is that the true miracle worker is he the river of whose miracles never dries up. That person is our lord and master the. Holy Prophet, peace be on him. In every age, God Almighty has raised someone to display the signs of that perfect and holy one. In this age He has sent me with the title of the Promised Messiah. Signs. are being shown from heaven and all sorts of extraordinary events are coming to pass. Every seeker after truth can come and stay with me 246