Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 135
C H AP T E R T WO — FU L F IL M E N T OF PR OPHE C IE S 135 Just as it had previously been shown to me in a vision that I was creating a new earth and a new heaven, so this is about to happen. The task was attributed to me in the vision because God had ordained me for this age. And so, indeed, I became the cause of bringing this new heaven and new earth into being. Such metaphors abound in the word of God, but here some ignorant people might be confused that while it is true that both S a hih Muslim and Bukh a r i say that the com- ing Messiah would be from within this Ummah, and the word مِنْكُم [ minkum—‘ from among you’] in S u rah an-N u r also points to the fact that every Khalifah would be from this Ummah, and the verse: 1 اَمَك َفَلْخَتْسا َنْيِذَّلا ْنِم ْمِهِلْبَق also points to the same thing and makes it very clear that it will not be anything out of the ordinary. Rather, as in the beginning of Islam the Holy Prophet s as was the like of M u s a [Moses], as is conveyed by the verse: 2 ۤاَمَك ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ىٰلِا َنْوَعْرِف اًلْوُسَر Therefore, it was necessary for the like of ‘ I s a to appear in the Latter Days of Islam to complete the similarity between the two dispensations. The tidings of this ‘ I s a have been given clearly in the words اِمَامُكُم ْ مِنْكُم [‘your Imam from among you’] in Sa hih Bukh ari and اَمَّكُم ْ مِنْكَم [‘your leader from among you’] in S a hih Muslim. But the question is: Why do the Hadith refer to the one who will become ‘ I s a from this Ummah as being Ibn Maryam [the Son of Mary], whereas he is not the son of Maryam? Know, therefore, that this con- fusion that afflicts the minds of the ignorant has been cleared in S u rah 1. ‘As He made Successors from among those who were before them’ ( S u rah an- N u r, 24:56) [Publisher] 2. ‘Even as We sent a Messenger to Pharaoh’ ( S u rah al-Muzzammil, 73:16) [Publisher]