Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 141
C H AP T E R T WO — FU L F IL M E N T OF PR OPHE C IE S 141 well of others and are prone to falter at every trial or tribulation like a weak child. And some are so unfortunate that they are easily swayed by the talk of a mischievous person and hasten towards misguidance just as a dog hastens towards carrion. So how can I say that they have truly entered into my bai‘at? Every now and then, I am even given knowledge regarding such people, but I am not permitted to tell them about it. There are many who are lowly but will be exalted, and there are many exalted who will be made lowly. So this is a cause to be fearful! In the same way, in earlier parts of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, I have been named Ibr a h i m, as it was said: م علیك یا ابراھیم ل س see page 558 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya 1 Meaning, ‘May peace be upon you, O Ibr a h i m. ’ God Almighty had greatly blessed Ibr a h i m, may peace be upon him, and he was always safeguarded against the onslaughts of the enemy. By naming me Ibr a h i m, God Almighty indicates that this Ibr a h i m will be similarly blessed, and his opponents will not be able to harm him, as He said to me in the previous parts of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya: بوركت یا احمد وكان ما بارك الل ّٰ فیك حقًّا فیك Meaning: ‘You have been blessed O Ahmad, and you were indeed entitled to it. ’ And in these same previous parts of Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya, Allah the Exalted addressed me at one place and said, ‘I shall bless you so much that kings shall seek blessings from your garments. ’ And just as God laid the foundation of a progeny with 1. In the 2008 edition of R uha n i Khaz a ’in, the referenced text appears in vol- ume 1, page 666. In the 2016 English translation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, this text appears on page 436. [Publisher]