Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 40
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 40 reply that God taught to His Messenger in answer to their demand was based on the life of the Holy Prophet and it was this: ِتْئا ٍنٰاْرُقِب ِرْيَغ ۤاَذٰه ْوَا ُهْلِّدَب١ؕ ْلُق اَم ُنْوُكَي ْۤيِل ْنَا ٗهَلِّدَبُا ْنِم نَا ْلُق ْوَّل َءٓاَش ُهّٰللا اَم ٗهُتْوَلَت ْمُكْيَلَع َو ۤاَل ْمُكىٰرْدَا ٖهِب١ۖٞ ْدَقَف ُتْثِبَل ْمُكْيِف اًرُمُع ْنِّم ٖهِلْبَق١ؕ اَلَفَا ِئٓاَقْلِت ْيِسْفَن١ۚ ْنِا ُعِبَّتَا اَّلِا اَم ىٰۤحْوُي َّيَلِا ْۤيِّنِا ُفاَخَا ْنِا ُتْيَصَع ْيِّبَر َباَذَع ٍمْوَي ٍمْيِظَع َلاَق َنْيِذَّلا اَل َنْوُجْرَي َءٓاَقِل — َنْوُلِقْعَت ْنَمَف ُمَلْظَا ِنَّمِم ىٰرَتْفا ىَلَع ِهّٰللا اًبِذَك ْوَا َبَّذَك ٖهِتٰيٰاِب١ؕ ٗهَّنِا اَل ُحِلْفُي َنْوُمِرْجُمْلا 1 S u rah Y u nus, Part Number 11 Those who hope not for the meeting with Us—that is, those who have completely severed their relationship with Us—say, ‘In place of this Quran bring another Quran, the teachings of which are different from, and contrary to, those of the present Quran, or make changes in this very Quran. ’ Tell them in response, ‘I have no power to do so, nor is it permissible that I, of my own accord, should change anything in the Word of God. I follow only the revelation that descends upon me and I fear, lest I should disobey my Lord. ’ [Say,] ‘If Allah had so willed, I would not have recited this Word to you nor would He have made it known to you. Before this, I have lived such a long time among you— that is to say forty years—‘then do you not possess wisdom?’ In other words, are you not well aware that I am not given to forgery, nor am I in the habit of lying. He then says, ‘Who is then more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or he who declares God’s Word to be a lie forged by man? Surely, the guilty shall not attain salvation. ’ Thus, in the eyes of the Arabs, Christians, and Jews, the fact that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was unlettered, was so obvious and indisputable, that they could not dare deny it. In this vein they would even test his prophethood by asking him to relate numerous stories of the Torah that no man of letters could be ignorant of, and upon finding his reply accurate and true, as well as free from the grave errors that had crept into the tales in the Torah, the 1. S u rah Y u nus, 10:16–18 [Publisher]