Dr. Nasim Rehmatullah, Chairman Markazi Al Islam Team, USA
The Descent of the Messiah is a profound and far-reaching discourse on one of the most awaited events in history: the advent of the Promised Messiahas, whose appearance is being awaited by the majority of the world’s religions. In this remarkable work, the Promised Messiahas presents evidence for the divinely inspired claim that he is the same figure raised by God in the Latter Days for the salvation of mankind.
This account details how faith and technology are converging toward one divine truth.
Evolution, science & technology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) powerfully embodies the convergence of modern knowledge, drawing together diverse disciplines into a unified expression of intelligence. Like a prism that receives many colours and produces a single spectrum, AI has integrated fields of mathematics, computer science, physics, biology, and ethics into a single, dynamic discipline. This convergence of diverse sciences reflects nature’s own pattern, in which all things ultimately point back to a single Creator and Originator.
“The seven heavens and the earth and all that is therein extol His glory; and there is not a thing but glorifies Him with His praise, but you do not understand their glorification.” (Surah Bani Isra’il, Ch.17: V.45). This verse shows that the entire universe with its order and coherence testifies, both in its vastness and in every part, to the unity and perfection of its Creator.
The Holy Quran parallels cosmic unity with human evolution: Adamas was not the first human, but the first with intellect fit for divine law, marking the shift from instinct to moral agency. Humanity thus began its journey to intellectual and ethical maturity, culminating in the “Perfect Man”, Prophet Muhammadsa. This aligns with both contemporary science and the Quranic view of purposeful, divinely guided evolution.
Just as the sciences converge in AI, religion, too, has moved toward unity. Divine prophets such as Krishna, Abraham, Moses, Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, and Jesus,peace be upon them, all brought guidance across cultures, each adding to humanity’s spiritual legacy. These diverse lights pointed to one universal faith, culminating in Islam, which synthesised and completed previous revelations.
Advent of the Promised Messiahas
This convergence reached its final stage with the advent of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas of Qadian (1835-1908), the Promised Messiahas, a metaphorical second coming of Jesus, sent to unite faith, restore worship of the One God, and revive peace and reason through Islam. A new era of spiritual and technological progress has begun.
Chaos and fragmentation can serve as the necessary precursors to unity, a principle concisely expressed in the Quran as “Surely, there is ease after hardship.” (Surah al-Inshirah, Ch.94: V.6)
It is a divine design that forges the character of humanity. The evolution of man precedes the evolution of technology. Man is the master and AI the servant. Guided by human intention, AI stands as a beacon, illuminating the path to truth and enabling its wide and effective spread.
The convergence in religion with the Promised Messiahas and in science with AI has appeared close together in modern times. This is a profound sign, as the Quran declares, “‘Truth has come and falsehood has vanished away. Falsehood does indeed vanish away [fast].’” (Surah Bani Isra’il, Ch.17: V.82) We are on the path to the realisation of prophesied order and truth, witnessed today as religious revival in Islam Ahmadiyyat and technological integration in AI.
From Adam’sas awakening of intellect, through the unification of faiths by the Promised Messiahas, to the advances of AI, one theme persists: unity. Humanity’s progress in spirit and science reveals that diversity leads us back to the oneness of the Creator.
The Perfect Man, Prophet Muhammadsa fulfilled all capacities bestowed by God, but man cannot transcend his created nature to become divine. Despite millennia of computation, a machine is still a machine. No spark of consciousness has emerged. Consciousness cannot be manufactured by sheer iteration. It must be bestowed by God, just as proximity to Him at the highest station of the Prophetsa required God’s descent, not just man’s ascent. (Surah an-Najm, Ch.53: V.9)