Arba'in — Page 74
74 is that, due to the companionship of some of his old friends, he thought it appropriate to reject my claim of being commissioned by Allah. And because God Almighty convicts and puts a liar to shame in this very world, it was for this reason that Ha fi z Sahib came under God’s indictment like the other deniers. It just so happened that in a meeting, which I have made mention of above, some people of my Community presented this argument before Ha fi z Sahib that in the Holy Quran God Almighty issues this command like an unsheathed sword that if this Prophet were to attribute a lie to Me and fabricate some- thing concerning a matter, then I would have cut his jugular vein, and he would not have lived for such a long time. Thus now, when we measure this, our Promised Messiah, according to this standard we find by looking at Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya that the claim of being commissioned by Allah, and being a recipient of God’s revelations, proves to have been in place for nearly thirty years, and Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya has been in print for twen- ty-one years. Thus, if the fact that this Messiah has been saved from destruction for this period of time is not a proof of his truthfulness, then it must necessarily be concluded that—God forbid—the fact that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had survived for twenty-three years can- not be proof of his truthfulness either, because if in this instance, God Almighty has granted respite to a false claimant of prophet- hood for thirty years, and paid no attention to His promise of ْوَل 1 َلَّوَقَت اَنْيَلَع then—God forbid—it can also be readily contemplated 1. And if he had falsely attributed even a trivial statement to Us ( S u rah al- Ha qqah, 69:45). [Publisher]