Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 232
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 232 And yet it is true that God’s words are often in the form of meta- phors, as, for example, He says: 1 ٭ ْنَم َناَك ْيِف ٖۤهِذٰه ىٰمْعَا َوُهَف يِف ِةَرِخٰاْلا ىٰمْعَا Therefore, it was quite possible that the earthquake might mean some other great calamity that has all the characteristics of an earthquake. Still, the actual words have priority over the interpretation. Even though this prophecy had a wide scope, God fulfilled it literally as well, so as to humiliate the enemy. And it is possible that aspects of this prophecy might manifest themselves in the future in some other way. But it will still be something out of the ordinary as stated by the prophecy. This very earthquake which wrought so much damage in the Punjab that, regarding it, researches have been published in the Civil and Military Gazette and other sources that incontrovertibly conclude that an earthquake of such magnitude has not been experienced in the Punjab during the last 1,600 years. Thus, this prophecy foretells an extraordinary event of the first order. Moreover, it is quite possible that it may be followed by calamities resulting from various natural causes and lead to destruction that is extraordinary. Thus, even if there was no specific mention of the earthquake in any part of this prophecy, it would still constitute a very great Sign; for, the crux of the prophecy is the extraordinary and unparalleled destruction of houses and places, regardless of whether it comes about through an earthquake or through other means. And in the presence of the testimony that such destruc- tion has not been seen in the Punjab for the last 1,600 years, this proph- ecy cannot be dismissed as something trivial that can be anticipated by 1. ٭ This verse [ S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:73] means that one who is blind in this world will also be blind in the next; i. e. the one who fails to see God in this world, he will not see Him in the next either. It does not mean that the poor people who are physically blind in this world will also be sightless in the next. It is a metaphor whereby the ignorant have been termed as ‘blind’. (Author)