Does spring have a special significance for God’s signs?

God can show His signs at any time of the year. Yet spring has a special meaning as an image, because after an autumn it brings new life to the same garden, and in this way the coming of the Promised Messiah (as) is a spring for Islam.

God is not bound to any season. He can show His signs in winter as well as in summer. Still, many have noticed that some signs took place precisely in spring. This has a meaning of its own.

After the first bloom, autumn comes to the garden. The leaves fall, and much seems dead. Anyone who sees this may lose hope. Then spring comes and brings new life. No new garden is created. It is the same trees, the same branches and the same grass that turn green again.

It is the same with Islam. After its first bloom in the time of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), it went through a long autumn. With the Promised Messiah (as), spring came to this garden. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat is not a new garden but new life in the garden of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), which blossoms again after the autumn.

When signs of God appear precisely in spring, they underline this image. They confirm that this spring comes from God. The verses above show that God revives the dead earth, and the Holy Qur’an links this image with the spiritual life of people. A sign in spring is a reminder that God also makes faith bloom again.