Selections from the Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page 43
~ Š Z 4 ƒ @ * ì z { a g z V Z z g ¤ ç G E O Z ¸ V Z z g Š g 0 + z V Ð Z K Y y X ñ Ç X ( 34 ™ 3 g z q ã % Z í ¢ ì Z s x Ô ) 34-The world cannot accept me, because I do not belong to this world. But those who are gifted with a measure of other worldliness are the ones who accept and will accept me. The one who rejects me rejects Him Who has sent me, and the one who is grafted to me is grafted to Him Whom I represent. I bear a torch which will illumine all those who come close to me, but the one who entertains suspicion and doubt and runs away will be subjected to darkness. I am the impregnable fortress for this age; whoever enters my fold will be protected from thieves, robbers and the beasts of the wilderness. (Fatah Islam: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 3, p. 34) X = Q k }. Z Å n ì T Æ ; B ~ ÷ ~ Y y ì À = Œ Û M y Æ › ë 35 Z z g ç g s Æ K ~ C Ù Z q - g z b 6 , „ Š c * Š H ì X Z z g Z ¤ / à ð ñ ß ~ # ³ ÷ } £. Þ 6 , M @ * 6 À $ 4 è M G ä Œ Û M ã ‚ Æ n ! * g ! * g Z y à š c *  }. Z Z k à f ? Z z g Ñ q { ™ @ * X Î û Œ Û M y í à « H Š H t Z v 7 ÿE O ÷ á ! îE Z » Z q - ¶ K y ì X ~ }. Z Æ a Ð Z y g ‚ r ƒ V À k d $ Š * Š A Ï À ~ Z k ( 41 ™ 12 g z q ã % Z í ¢ u Z ` ¡ a Ô ) Ò y ~ C ƒ V X 35-I call to witness God Almighty, Who holds my life in His hand, that compared to every other soul, He has gifted me with overwhelmingly greater ability and access to the understanding and the deeper wisdom of the Holy Quran. If any of the Maulvis (traditional Muslim scholars) who oppose me in response to my repeated invitations had attempted to outshine me in the exposition of the Holy Quran, God would have most certainly frustrated his 43