Call to the Truth — Essence of Islam Vol. 4

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 4), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Call to the Truth, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 4)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 4: The Purpose of the Promised Messiah’s Advent
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and fervent prayers. Until God raises someone with the Holy Spirit, you should continue to work together after I have gone.
[Al-Wasiyyat, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 20, pp. 306-307]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 134]

What is needed today is not the sword but the pen. As a result of the doubts which our opponents have raised concerning Islam, and the assault that they have planned to mount against the true religion revealed by God Almighty, using all the ploys of science and other methods available to them, I have been drawn to think that I should equip myself with the armament of the pen and enter the arena of science and intellectual progress to demonstrate the spiritual valour and inner power of Islam. I was not myself fitted for this field, but the grace and limitless bounty of God desires that the honour of His faith should be demonstrated at the hands of a humble one like me.
[Malfuzat, vol. 1, pp. 59-60]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 134]

83 I address this announcement to the Christian clergymen with great humility, respect and lowliness. Were it true that Jesus the Messiahas was actually the son of God, or God Himself, I would have been the first to worship him and I would have propagated his god- 83 Say, if there had been a son to Gracious God, I would have been the first of worshippers.—Al-Zukhruf, 43:82 [Publisher] The Purpose of the Promised Messiah’s Advent head throughout the country and would never have given up this propagation even if I had been persecuted or killed or slaughtered or cut to pieces in his cause. But, dear ones, may God have mercy on you and open your eyes, Prophet Jesusas is not God, but only a Prophet and not a speck more than that. I call God to witness that I bear him such love as you do not. You can never recognize him with the light with which I recognize him. There is no doubt that he was a beloved and exalted Prophet of God and was one of those who are particularly blessed by God and are purified by His hand. But he was neither God nor the son of God. I do not say this on my own. Indeed, God, Who is the Creator of heaven and earth, appeared to me and has made me the Promised Messiah for this latter age. He has revealed to me that the truth is that Jesus son of Maryas was not God or the son of God. God has informed me that the Prophet who brought the Qur’an and called people to Islam is a true Prophetsa and that he is the one under whose feet lies salvation, and no one can ever achieve any light without following him. When my God disclosed to me the high status and greatness of this Prophetsa, I fell atremble and my body was shaken, for as people have so exaggerated their praise of Jesus the Messiahas that they have deified him, but people have not recognized the true status of that Holy Prophetsa in the same way and they are yet unaware of his lofty status. He is the one Prophetsa who planted the seed of Divine Unity in such a manner that it still continues to flourish. He is the only Prophetsa who appeared at the time when the whole world had been corrupted and he departed at a time when he had spread Divine Unity all over the world like an ocean. He is the only Prophetsa concerning whom God has exhibited His jealousy in every age and has manifested thousands of miracles in his support and affirmation. In this age too that Holy Prophetsa was greatly defamed. Therefore, God’s jealousy was stirred more than it had been stirred in any past age and He sent me as the Promised Messiah so that I should bear witness to his Prophethood before the whole world. If I put forward this claim without any argument to support it, I am false. But if God bears witness to my truth with such signs as have no parallel from east to west and from north to south, then justice and fear of God make it incumbent that I should be accepted with all my teaching. God has exhibited such signs in my support that if they had been displayed to the people who were destroyed by water, or fire, or wind, they would not have been so destroyed. But how shall I describe the people of this age? They are like the unfortunate one who possesses eyes but does not see, who possesses ears but does not hear, who possesses understanding but does not comprehend. I cry for them but they laugh at me and I provide them with the water of life but they heap fire on me. God has appeared to me not only by His word but has also manifested Himself to me through His actions and has shown and will show such works in my support as are The Purpose of the Promised Messiah’s Advent not shown in support of anyone unless he is the recipient of special Divine favour. People abandoned me, but God has accepted me. Who is it who can compete with me in showing these signs? I have appeared so that God may appear through me. He was like a hidden treasure, but now, by sending me, He has designed to silence all atheists and all faithless ones who say that there is no God. Dear ones, to you who seek God, I convey the good news that the true God is He Who has revealed the Qur’an, it is He Who has manifested Himself to me and Who is ever with me.
[Haqiqat-ul-Wahi, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, pp. 617-620]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 134]

4 PROPAGATION, ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOLY JAMA‘AT, AND INSTRUCTIONS “Those who pledge at your hand, pledge with Allah. His hand is above their hands.”
[Divine revelation to the Promised Messiahas]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 137]

“I am the citadel of security for this age.” Greatness of the Movement and the Need of Helping It Today, after a long interval, I wish to draw your attention to an important matter concerning the Divine scheme that God Almighty has entrusted to me for the support of Islam. I wish to expound before you the greatness of this Movement and the need for helping this scheme, as far as God Almighty has bestowed upon me the power of speech so that I should discharge the responsibility of propagation that is upon me. In this endeavour I am not concerned with the effect it might produce on the minds of the readers. My only purpose is to discharge adequately the duty that lies upon me and to convey the message, which is an obligation upon me, whether people listen to it with pleasure or look upon it with disdain, and whether they should think well of me in their hearts or otherwise.
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 139]

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