The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 82
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. PROPHECY ABOUT GREAT WORLD WARS. God is all knowing. The knowledge of unseen or the future belongs to Him. He reveals knowledge of the future to his prophets as much as He wills. We read in the Holy Quran: "He is the knower of the unseen; and He reveals not the hidden to anyone, except to him whom He chooses from among His. Messengers. ” (72:27-28). Prophets gain knowledge of the future through revelation from God. . They demonstrate the attribute of God as All Knowing. This means that the truth of a claimant of prophethood can be judged by fulfillment of his prophecies. To prophecy is an essential part of prophethood. These prophecies are not vague and uncertain predictions of astrologers and other soothsayers which are mere conjectures. These possess the qualities of certainty and majesty. At times these are stated literally and sometimes in metaphorical words which can cause some confusion if not properly understood. . On the basis of his revelations from God, Hadhrat Ahmad the Promised Messiah, made numerous prophecies. Some of which concerned his person, others about his family, his followers, his opponents, his community, and world events. This is a lengthy subject. Most were fulfilled during his life time and others after his death and some still await their proper time. Only a few will be mentioned as examples. . Hadhrat Ahmad made a detailed prophecy about the First. World War. This prophecy was published piecemeal from 1904 to 1908. He prophesied that a great earthquake was impending and explained that it may not be an earthquake as the literal words were in some revelations, but a great world catastrophe of another nature 'which would cause great loss of life and destruction of buildings and which would cause rivers of blood to flow and create great consternation among men'. From the details of prophecy it becomes clear that it foretold a great war and not an earthquake. He said: 82