March 7 is an
important day in the history of the new Divine Manifestation in Mauritius. It
was on this in the year 2000- exactly 14 years ago- that Hadhrat
Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius first spoke to a friend about the glad
tidings of a spiritually-edifying dream, foretelling the advent and inaugural of the Divine Manifestation. In terms of the new Mission and its mandate of reformative intervention, the Divine Revelations from the very early days clearly
pointed to the appalling decline of spiritual quality among the contemporary
Ahmadi Muslims. At a time when Ahmadis have ‘embraced’ and elevated the institution of khilafat over Tauhid, Allah (swa) revealed
to His Chosen Reformer for the new century extraordinary dreams and Divine messages filled with spiritually-uplifting
prayers at the dawn of the new century, in the year
2000.
In the revealing testimonial of Mukarram Zafrullah Domun Sahib,
one could read one such revelation: “O Muhyi-ud-Din, arise and create a new world! The teachings of the
Promised Messiah have been trampled to dust…. They give khilafat more
importance than My divine words (Holy Quran), the sunnah of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (sa) and the teachings of the second Issa (the Promised Messiah).
Over the last few years, we have recorded and testified in
the Blog to several aspects of the Divine Manifestation and its early days, and
also the remarkable parallels one can see with the messages and revelations received
by the Promised Massih Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) of Qadian in the
previous era. It is instructive to note that the Promised Massih (as) explained,
in some parts of his writings, the
meaning of the creation of new earth and
space with the advent of a Divine Messenger.
Read the Extracts from the writings of the Promised Massih (as):
“On one occasion I saw in a vision that I created a new
heaven and a new earth and then I said: ‘Let
us now create man’. Thereupon the stupid Maulvis raised a clamour that I
had claimed to be God; whereas the meaning of this vision was that through me, God would bring about such a
change as if heaven and earth have been renewed and true men have been created”
- [Chashma-e-Masih,
RK, 20:375-376,f.n.; Essence of Islam-
IV, 89]
The manner in which God Almighty is making Himself manifest
by drawing near and is disclosing hundreds of the matters of the unseen to this
humble one, it is hard to find its examples in past ages. People will observe
soon that God will manifest His countenance as if He was descending from
Heaven. He kept Himself hidden for a long time. He was denied and remained
silent, but now He will not remain hidden and the world will witness instances
of His power which their ancestors had never witnessed.
This will come to pass
because the earth had been corrupted and people have lost faith in the Creator
of the heavens and the earth. People pay lip service to Him, but their hearts
are estranged from Him. That is why God has said He will create a new heaven
and a earth. This means that the earth is dead, that is to say, the hearts of
the people of the earth have become so hardened as if they are dead, for the
face of God has become hidden from them and all heavenly signs that had been
shown in the past have become like myths. So God has designed to create a new
heaven and a new earth.
What is the new heaven? And what is the new earth? The new
earth consists of the pure hearts that God is preparing with His own hand,
which will be manifested by God and through whom God will be made manifest. The
new heaven consists of the signs which are being manifested by His command at
the hand of His servant. It is a pity that the world has become hostile to this
new manifestation of God. They have nothing with them except ancient tales and
their own fancies have become their god. Their hearts are benumbed, their
resolves are weary, and their eyes are veiled.”
- [ Kishti-e-Nuh, RK:
19:7; Essence of Islam- IV, 89-90]