Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 117
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 117 of Mary, in his excellences. For anyone who reflects, this is yet another argument in support of my truth. For, if my claim of being the like of the Messiah were only a human enterprise and not based on revelation from God Almighty, then it could not have been possible for me to continuously publish revelations in favour of the claim of being the Promised Messiah for ten, rather twelve, years before making that claim. Every one can understand that as a general rule, man does not possess the foresight to plan so well in advance as to lay the foundation for a work or claim that is to transpire after twelve years. And it is wonder upon wonder that God should give respite to such an ‘unjust impos - tor’ for as long as twelve years to date—while the impostor is so intrepid as to plan to make a certain claim after twelve years and lay the foundation for his claim twelve years in advance by claiming to indeed be the like of the Messiah. And he does not do so casually, but rather, he calls himself the like of the Messiah on the basis of his revelations and declares a resemblance in their excellences, and deems himself to be a part of his being. And he does not stop there; rather, twelve years before claiming to be the Promised Messiah, he openly and emphatically publishes in his book (that is, in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya ) that God Almighty has named him ‘ I s a and has promised to cause him to die a natural death and then raise him to Himself and acquit him of all the allegations of the disbelievers and cause his followers to be dom - inant over his adversaries until doomsday. God not only gives him respite, but also helps him with Signs based on revelation and gives him a community, while He himself says in the Noble Quran: I do not help the impostor and he is soon destroyed