March 2014
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2014 Webcasting on the world’s first real-time Islamic service at www.virtualmosque.co.uk Editors: Shahid Aziz Mustaq Ali Contents: Page The Call of the Messiah 1 The Evolution of Species and Islam by Shahid Aziz 4 The First Convert at the Woking Muslim Mission 5
ن ْحالرَّ ْ ی م حم ْ ْس م ْ ٰ ِباہللْالرَّ م The Call of the Messiah by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi Spiritual matters in physical form In short, it has been established conclusively from primary evidence that the prophet Jesus (pbuh) is dead. The truth has been demonstrated. In contrasting fashion, the remaining hadith [Traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s)], describing the Messiah’s descent, embody elusive and subtle metaphors and figures of speech belonging to that class [of revelation termed] ‘speaking from behind the curtain’ – َو َما َكانَ ِلبَش ٍَر أَن يُ َكلِّ َمهُ ه ب أَوْ يُرْ ِس َل ٍ َّللاُ إِ هَّل َوحْ يًا أَوْ ِمن َو َرا ِء ِح َجا ْ ً ه ( َرسُوَّل فَيُو ِح َي بِإِذنِ ِه َما يَشَا ُء إِنهُ َع ِل ٌّي َح ِكيمHoly Quran, 42:51) – of which thousands of examples are found in the Word of God, and it behoves not an honest and just man to disregard and deny them. The Holy Prophet’s seeing two false prophets in the form of two bangles was a revelation of this kind; the slaughter of cows, too, was a revelation of this kind; the death of the wife with the longer hands before other wives was also a revelation of this kind; the second coming of the prophet Elias, as indicated in the revelation of the prophet Malachi, descending at a certain place among the cities of the Jews was
again a revelation of this kind; the sight of the epidemic of Medina in the form of a distracted woman was another revelation of this kind; in the same way, the dajjal – which is a group of people who mislead and beguile – was seen in the shape of a particular man, and that, too, is a revelation of this kind. In the revelations of the prophets there are thousands of examples in which spiritual matters had been seen and made visible in physical form, or a whole group or class of people was seen in the shape of one person. For the whole human race, including prophets, the Divine custom is that, in visions and revelations, metaphor often plays a dominant role. For instance, gather together three or four hundred people and listen to their dreams. In them, there will be mostly metaphors and figures of speech. Someone saw a snake; another, a wolf; the third, a dreadful flood; the fourth, a garden; another person saw a fruit, and another, a fire. All these matters will need interpretation. The Traditions tell us that deeds, good as well as bad, are seen in human form in the grave. This, then, is a point of fact that will eliminate discrepancies, resolve and remove contradictions and bring truth and reality to light. Blessed are those who ponder over it!
The Second Coming Now, when it has been decided after a thorough
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