The Descent of the Messiah — Page xvi
The Promised Messiahas had written in Dāfiʻul-Bala' that the awaited Promised Messiah was greater in rank than Hadrat Imam Hussaina. In response to this, a Shiite gentleman made all manner of false claims exaggerating the praise of Hadrat Imam Hussaina-going as far as to say that all Prophets, including the Holy Prophet Muhammadsas sought the intercession of Hadrat Imam Hussain during times of difficulty. This belief has also been refuted by the Promised Messiahs in this book. A large part of this book is dedicated to 123 signs of the Promised Messiahas, how they were fulfilled, and who the contemporary witnesses to those signs were. Though the subject matter of The Descent of the Messiah is of varying nature, the title given to it by the Promised Messiahas aptly describes the vast nature of the reformation the Messiah and Mahdi would undertake. The initial English rendering of Nuzūlul-Masih was conducted by Pir Waheed Ahmad and some others this was then revised by Nauman Ahmad Hadi of Additional Wakalat Taşnīf UK. The Persian poem was checked and its translation verified by the Persian Desk, UK. Nasser-ud-Din Shams and Usman Shahid conducted the final reading of the manuscript with input from Atta-ur-Rahman Khalid. May Allah the Almighty bless all those who contributed towards the effort of bringing another book of the Promised Messiahas to the English-speaking world. xvi Munir-ud-Din Shams Additional Wakil-ut-Taşnīf, UK June 2025