Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 241
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 241 قال ابو موسٰی عن النبی صلی الل ّٰ علیہ وسلم رئیت فی المنام انّی اھاجر من مكۃ الٰی ارض بھا نخل فذھب وھلی الٰی انھا الیمامۃ او ھجر فإذا ھی المدینۃ یثرب ( Bukh a r i , Chapter Migration of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his Companions towards Mad i nah) Meaning that, Ab u M u s a has quoted the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as saying, ‘I saw in a dream that I had emigrated from Makkah to a land which has date palm trees. At the time it occurred to me that it is either the land of Yam am ah or the land of Hajar, but it has turned out to be Mad i nah, that is Yathrib. ’ Now take note that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, whose dreams are revelation from God, and whose interpretation is more sound, robust, and correct than all interpreta- tions, had interpreted his dream that the emigration would be towards Yam am ah or Hajar, but that interpretation did not turn out to be correct. So, does this prophecy not qualify as a prophecy in your esti- mation? And are you prepared to launch an attack even on the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? Thus, whereas even the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is included in the possibility of making an error of interpretation, then what kind of a faith is yours that, in your prejudice, you care nothing even for the honour of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and feel no shame before God? Moreover, like an impartial judge and being deferential to the fear of the Almighty, one should consider the words عفت الدّیار [ ‘afatid-di- y a r—‘ residences will be wiped out’] and see whether these words are applicable to the plague or to an earthquake? Is it fair that when the actual occurrence of the prophesied event itself revealed the meaning of عفت الدّیار [ ‘afatid-diy a r—‘ residences will be wiped out’], one should still take it to mean the plague? The words of the prophecy are clearly crying out that it is a calamity that will cause buildings to collapse and that a section of the habitations