Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 222
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 222 Muhammad Ikr a mull a h has raised some objections about my announcements that contained prophecies about the first and second earthquakes. I think that prejudice is not the only reason for these objections, but they are also the product of naivety and utter lack of information. I feel terribly sorry for such people as they do not think before they object. In fact, they seem to do it out of some kind of irra- tional exuberance. Or, perhaps on account of their desire for self-pro- motion, they think that by raising such objections they can find a place among the foremost of my critics, or — at the very least — they may be considered competent and scholarly. But, instead of being acknowl- edged as able scholars, they only end up exposing themselves. Let fair- minded people listen to these objections and reflect upon my replies and determine whether any reasonable person, who has even the slight- est of intelligence and faith, would ever raise such objections. How unfortunate it is that these people initially fall prey to error themselves and then try to mislead others! And all this ignorance is rooted in the seething bigotry that contains the fire of Hell in its essence. The first objection laid out briefly in his words: ‘I will now prove from Mirza Sahib’s own words that a prophecy regarding the earth- quake is of no great significance. He has himself written in his book Iz a la-e-Auh a m that the prophecy regarding earthquakes is of no great value; rather, it is vague and not worthy of attention. ’ Answer Let it be known that the critic has here quoted my words from Iz a la-e-Auh a m which I wrote with reference to a prophecy of the Gospel of Matthew that is attributed to Hadrat Mas ih [ Jesus the Messiah]. It should, hence, suffice to present before the public the words that have been ascribed to Hadrat Mas ih as in Matthew’s Gospel and which I quoted in Iz a la-e-Auh a m. And then I should also pres- ent those writings in which I prophesied about the two earthquakes, so that readers should view them side by side and decide whether or not the two prophecies fall into the same category or are of a different