Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 128
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 128 ولتنذر قومًا ما انذر اٰباءھم فھم غافلون. This verse, when read together with the previous one, means, ‘I have favoured this Y u suf by giving My own testimony to prove his inno- cence and to ward off the evil and indecency that will be imputed to him. And We shall do this so that there may be no hindrance in his mission of warning [the people] and calling [them to God]. ’ This is because if all the objections which this blind world raises against the Messengers, the Prophets, and those ordained by God are not coun- tered, their mission of warning people and inviting people towards God would slow down and even stop, and their words would fail to impact the hearts. Rational arguments cannot fully cleanse the stains of the hearts. There is, thus, the danger that people may perish on account of their ill-thinking and become the fuel of Hell. This is why God—who is Gracious and Merciful and wills not His creatures to perish—testi- fies with His powerful Signs that His Prophets are purified, and chosen and selected by Him. And one who does not desist from his ill-thinking even after witnessing such testimonies, God does not care if such a one is destroyed. God becomes his Enemy and stands up to confront him Himself. A mischievous man thinks that his schemes will alienate peo- ple’s hearts, but God says, ‘O foolish one! Can your schemes be might- ier than Mine? I will cause your own hands to heap disgrace upon you, and will humiliate you before your friends. ’ Another reason why I have been called Y u suf was that Y u suf, upon his arrival in Egypt, had to bear all kinds of humiliation which actu- ally formed the basis for his rise and the progress of his rank, whereas in the beginning he had been worthless and debased in the eyes of the foolish people. However, ultimately God honoured him in such a way that he became the ruler of the land and the very people who had looked down upon him as a slave became like his slaves during the famine. Thus, by calling me Y u suf, God in effect says: ‘I will do the same in this instance. I will cause a drought of spiritual nourishment