Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah a.s.

Purpose of the Advent of the Promised Messiah^as 

Hazrat Maulvi Abdul Karim Sahib^ra states: “I remember well – and I have written this in my notebook – that a person posed a question to His Holiness, our Truthful Imam, Hazrat Mirza Sahib^as, in Jalandhar about the purpose of his advent in the world. The Promised Messiah^as said: ‘I have come to strengthen people in their faith.’ 

Types of Faith 

“There is another incident that is recorded in my notebook as well. This incident also took place in Jalandhar. A member of our community, our brother, Munshi Muhammad Arura Sahib inquired: ‘Your holiness, how many types of faith are there?’ The Promised Messiah^as gave an immensely beautiful and subtle response: ‘There are two kinds of faith – rudimentary and refined. Rudimentary faith is to remain firm in practising the fundamental principles of religion without any deep insight (din-ul-aja’iz) and refined faith is to follow me.’” 

(Malfuzat, Vol. 1, p. 1)