The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 27
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Islamic. He claimed to be Mahdi and Messiah but proclaimed that his mission was to propagate Islam with love, forgiveness, peace, and prayers. He was not to indulge in any war and violence and had no political ambitions. The Hadhrat Ahmad removed dangerous misunderstandings about the concept of Jihad. . These are just a few illustrations of the great work of. Renaissance of Islam by the Promised Messiah. In his voluminous books, lectures and record of his public conversations he based everything on the Holy Quran, and practice and sayings of the Holy. Prophet. In all these he has provided a detailed commentary of the. Holy Quran and set out a moral and spiritual guidance which this era needs. Out of His grace, Allah bestowed upon him a profound and comprehensive knowledge of the Holy Quran. He was a champion of. Islam who defended Islam successfully against the attacks by its opponents and established the superiority of Islam over all other religions. . He removed the innovations which were against the spirit of. Islam. He stressed upon the pure unity of God as taught by the Quran and condemned wrong practices like glorification of saints and making offerings and supplications to them. In today's materialistic world, all people put all their reliance upon the means to a desired aim. The Promised Messiah stressed upon the habit of prayer and putting reliance on God alone as he explained that all laws of nature and all means have been created by God Himself. He taught that means must be used but ultimate reliance should not be placed on them alone. . The Promised Messiah succeeded in the revival of Islam and establishing a community which is the most dynamic part of Muslims today and which is daily engaged in upholding the honour of Islam and propagating it in all continents. 27