The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 62
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 62 effort to see the clear truth, and they do not strive to connect mankind to the finest points of certainty. The final statement in this chapter is that I am the Promised Messiah and Mahdi sent by the Lord of all lords. I have not come to wage wars nor have I been commanded by my Lord to plunder. Verily I have come in the footsteps of the Son of Mary to invite mankind towards noble characteristics and towards a Most Noble and Ever Merciful Lord. I do not see a need to draw the swords from their sheaths. Nay, this idea is a dishonour for the religion whose light at one time shone across the land. Yes! It is necessary to sharpen the pens so that they may write without limit so that we can save mankind from error and its spreading. And when I came to the scholars of these lands, they issued edicts labelling me a disbeliever and per - sistently treated me as a liar. They shun the truth arro - gantly, calling me a lying antichrist. So Allah has shown them the great Sign, and mani - fested tidings of the unseen and grand blessings. The moon and the sun were eclipsed in Ramadan, but their hearts did not incline towards the truth and were not softened. I offered them many ways of guidance but they did not refrain from error and misguidance. I