The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 36
36 Essence of Islam-IV of everyone who came from God Almighty was ob- structed by the lack of understanding exhibited by the scholars of his time. In the end, he was only recog- nized through his works, for a bitter tree does not bring forth sweet fruit and God does not bestow upon everyone the blessings that are reserved for the elect. O ye people, Islam has become very weak and is sur- rounded on all sides by enemies. More than three thousand objections have been raised against it. At such a time, exhibit your faith through active sympa- thy and be counted among the men of God. Peace be on him who follows the guidance. [Barakat-ud-Duʻā, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 6, pp. 36-37] Mission of the Promised Messiahas The reason for calling the Reformer of this age by the name of the Promised Messiah appears to be that his great task would be to put an end to the suprem- acy of Christianity and to repel the attacks of the Christians and to demolish their philosophy-which is opposed to the Holy Qur'an with strong argu- ments and to convey to them fully the truth of Islam. The greatest calamity for Islam in this age consists of the philosophical attacks and religious criticism by the Christians, which cannot be repelled without Divine support. It was necessary that someone should come from God Almighty to combat them. [A'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islam, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, p. 341] Both Muslims and Christians, with some variations, believe that Jesus son of Maryas was raised to heaven