Heavenly Signs — Essence of Islam Vol. 4

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Introduction

In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 4), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Heavenly Signs, 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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The Purpose of the Promised Messiah’s Advent Twenty years ago, I received this revelation: 72 72 Proclaim, truth has arrived and falsehood has vanished, indeed falsehood is bound to vanish. Every blessing is from Muhammadsa, then blessed is he who taught and he who was taught. Say: If I have invented it myself, the sin of it is on me. He it is Who has sent His Messengersa with guidance and the religion of truth so that He might cause it to triumph over all other religions. There is no changing the words of Allah. They have been wronged and Allah surely has the power to help them. Step forth for thy time has drawn near and the feet of the Muslims have been planted on a high tower. Holy is Muhammad, the Chosen One, Chief of the Prophetssa. God will set right all thy affairs and will fulfil all thy desires. The Lord of hosts All these revelations constituted a prophecy that through me God Almighty will establish the truth of Islam and the falsehood of all other faiths. That prophecy now stands fulfilled because no opponent has had the capacity or fortitude to prove the truth of his faith as against me. Heavenly signs are being displayed at my hand and the verities and deeper meanings of the Holy Qur’an are being set forth through my pen. Arise and search everywhere in the world. Is there anyone from among the Christians or the Sikhs or the Jews or the followers of any other faith who can stand against me in exhibiting heavenly signs and in setting forth verities and learning? I am the one concerning whom this Hadith is found in the authentic books of Hadith that in his time all religious communities will be destroyed but Islam will shine brighter than it ever did in the intervening periods.
[Tiryaq-ul-Qulub, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 15, pp. 265-268]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 119]

By raising this humble servant in this age and bestowing upon me hundreds of heavenly signs and vouchsafing to me miraculous secrets and verities and furnishing me with hundreds of conclusive intellectual arguments, God Almighty has designed that the true teachings of the Holy Qur’an should be published and made current among every people and in every

will attend to this. This sign means that the Holy Qur’an is God’s Book and is the word of His Mouth. The door of Divine bounties is open and His holy mercies are attending to this. The days are coming when God will help you, the God Who is the Lord of Glory and is the Creator of the heavens and earth. [Translator] The Purpose of the Promised Messiah’s Advent country, and that by so doing He may provide them with conclusive arguments. In order to fulfil this design and to lead the matter to its conclusion, God Almighty enabled me to annex to this book an announcement of an award of ten thousand rupees. And I set forth a heavenly sign with the testimony of my opponents and antagonists and invited all my opponents for a contest, so that not even the minutest aspect of carrying the matter to its conclusion is left unattended and every one of my opponents should himself become a witness to his own helplessness and defeat. In short, the resources for the propagation of the faith and the arguments and conclusive proofs which God Almighty has bestowed upon me by His grace and beneficence have not been bestowed upon anyone of the followers of earlier faiths, nor were all the intrinsic abilities, which have been vouchsafed to me in this regard, granted to any of them. 73 As God Almighty has distinguished me with special resources and has raised me in an age which is most conducive and helpful in carrying out the service of propagation to its completion, He has also given me the glad tidings, by His grace and beneficence, that from the beginning it had been destined that the spiritual fulfilment of the above quoted verse and also of the verse: 73 That is Allah’s grace; He bestows it upon whomsoever He pleases.—Al-Ma’idah, 5:55 [Publisher] 74 should take place through me. God Almighty will Himself convey to my opponents the reasons and arguments and everything that I have written for their benefit and will thus fulfil the meaning of this verse by exposing the frustration, confusion and defeat of my opponents.
[Brahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 1, pp. 596-597, sub-footnote 3]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 120]

I am not here relating some old stories, but only that of which I have personal knowledge. I have found superlative power in the Holy Qur’an and I have observed a wonderful quality that comes from complete devotion to the Holy Prophetsa. No other religion possesses such power and such quality that can lead its sincere follower to the station of sainthood. God not only honours the true servant with His word but also shows him through His actions that He is the God Who has created heaven and earth, so much so that his faith transcends the far flung stars. I have personal experience in this regard. God talks to me and has shown more than a hundred thousand signs at my hands. Thus, though I honour all Prophetsas and their books, I believe that Islam alone is the living faith, for through it God has manifested Himself to me. Anyone who doubts this statement of mine should come over to investigate these things and stay with me for at least a period of two months. I shall be responsible for his expenses during his stay. A religion worth the name must

The Purpose of the Promised Messiah’s Advent be a living religion which is able to exhibit God through living and fresh demonstration of His powers. A mere claim on behalf of a religion is vain and without basis.
[Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 23, p. 428]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 122]

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