The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 5
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. FOREWARD. The Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, had prophesied that in the latter days Muslims will suffer a serious decline and at that critical time, Allah will raise a Messiah and Imam Mahdi who will bring about revival of Islam resulting in its universal victory. . Some people have the impression that Messiah and Mahdi will be two persons but some traditions make it clear that these are two titles for a single personality. . As Coming Messiah has been called Jesus son of Mary or. Messiah son of Mary in Hadith, (recorded sayings of the Holy. Prophet) majority of Muslims today believe that Jesus or Hadhrat Isa is still physically alive in heaven without suffering any death and that he himself will return to reform the Ummah of the Holy Prophet (Community of Islam). This is a totally erroneous idea. Jesus was a prophet and a human being. The Holy Quran clearly indicates that he had died but not on the cross. Even the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be on him, greatest of all prophets, did not escape death. How can Jesus be still alive? Thus the name used in prophecies of the Holy. Prophet is metaphorical and means that someone resembling Jesus and a follower of the Holy Prophet will be raised as the Messiah. . This book is about Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian,. India (1835-1908), the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. . According to his claims, he was Messiah of Islamic dispensation like. Jesus was Messiah of Mosaic dispensation. He explained that he fulfilled the prophecies of the return of Jesus son of Mary as he had come in the spirit and power of Jesus and his character, personality and historical circumstances bore very close resemblance to that of. Jesus or Isa, a prophet of Allah. The Ahmadiyya Movement is not the name of a new religion. It is Islam in its pristine purity. It is not a mere sect of Islam. It represents the Renaissance of Islam in the latter days. It is the most active missionary sect of Islam. The headquarters are located at Rabwah, Pakistan. Its missions are now established over 143 countries. 5