The Descent of the Messiah — Page 24
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH it does mean is that there will be a great hue and cry against me and people will want to entomb me in the earth, but He shall ul- timately make it so that my station is lofty and that I am amongst the inmates of Heaven and not among the worms of the earth. He further said that the world would not accept me and would label me an infidel and a deceiver, and call me every foul name, however, He shall rise up against them. They will seek my humili- ation, but He shall honour me. They will want to erase my name, but He shall spread my fame to the corners of the earth. They will call me ignorant, but He shall demonstrate my knowledge. They will heap curses upon me, but He shall bless me. And they will try to close the door of livelihood upon me, but He shall open for me the doors to all bounties. Then he says that He shall demonstrate my truth with powerful assaults. One of God's powerful assaults is the plague that has spread in the land and no one knows how long it will last. In short, the news of this chastisement was given in Ba- rāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya some twenty three years ago. In fact, on page 510 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya,' we also find the revelation: وَلَا تُخَاطِبُنِي فِي الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِنَّهُمْ مُّغْرَقُوْنَ Meaning that when the time of torment arrives, do not in- tercede before Me on behalf of the wrongdoers, for I will drown them. The other part of this revelation is: وَاصْنَعِ الْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا That is, prepare the ark before Our command and before Our eyes. The ark means the system of baiat that has been initiated through the special revelation and command of God. Then, on 1 See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV. Islam International Publications Ltd. 2016. pp. 389. [Publisher] 24