The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 33
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. PURE AND BLAMELESS LIFE. Hadhrat Ahmad had led an absolutely pure and blameless life. . Throughout his life, no one had ever charged him with having uttered a falsehood. It cannot be imagined that a person wholly truthful all his life, will suddenly start telling lies and fabrications when he reaches maturity. . The Holy Quran draws attention of disbelievers to the pure and truthful life of the Holy Prophet before he received the call. (at the age of forty years). The Holy Prophet was made to say in the words of the Holy. Quran: "I have spent a whole lifetime among you before this. Will you not then understand". (10:17). Likewise Jesus had challenged his opponents, "which of you convinceth me of sin:. (John 8:46). Hadhrat Ahmad pointed out purity of his life to his opponents in the following words: "You cannot point to any fault, imposture, falsehood, or deceit in my previous life so that you could say that a person who was already given to falsehood and imposture has only added to his previous falsehoods another imposture. Which of you can criticize anything in my previous life? It is the grace of God that from the very beginning He established my life along the lines of righteousness. . This is a proof for those who reflect". (Tazkaratush Shahadatain, p. 62). Friends and foes alike testified that his life was a model of purity and righteousness. An old Sikh peasant who knew the. Promised Messiah from childhood used to remark, "He was a saint from childhood". 33