Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 101
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS ΙΟΙ Christian mischief and yet doomsday has not arrived. Instead, what is meant is that a Mahdi and Mujaddid will be sent and a trumpet of guidance shall be blown and the spirit of life will again be breathed into the spiritually dead. This is because nafkh- e-şür is not limited to the life and death of the physical body; rather, spiritual life and death always come about through nafkh- e-ṣūr as well. And just as nafkh-e-șūr is used in the Quran to sig- nify the advent of a Mujaddid who will break the dominance of Christianity, similarly, 'waves of conflict' is used to signify the same deception that has been referred to as the promised Dajjal [antichrist] in ahādīth. God Almighty has not mentioned the words 'Promised Dajjal' and 'Promised Messiah' in the Holy Quran in the same way as they have been mentioned in ahādīth. Rather, He has men- tioned the machinations of Christians in place of Dajjal. The verse ينسلون مِّنْ كُلِّ حَدَابٍ تَنْسِلُونَ also indicates the same. Similarly, the Holy Quran does not use the term 'Promised Messiah' when mentioning the coming of a Mujaddid; however, nafkh-e-şür [the blowing of the trumpet] indicates the same and makes known that the Promised Messiah will not appear with material and worldly weapons. Instead, his progress and rise will be due to heavenly proclamations. He will draw people to the truth with the power of wise words and heavenly Signs. This is because he will appear at the time of intellectual disputes, and not at a time of fighting with the sword. The real truth is that God sends Prophets and Mujaddidin 1. They shall hasten forth from every height (Surah al-Anbiyā', 21:97). [Publisher]