Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 308
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 308 power is not of the beloveds of God. 1 ٭ But, it is a pity that, while these people utter such things, they do not realize that such senseless objec- tions make all the Prophets and Messengers of God their target. For example, every Prophet longed that all the disbelievers of their time who opposed them should become Muslims but this wish of theirs was never fulfilled; so much so, that Allah the Exalted, addressing our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 2 َكَّلَعَل ٌعِخاَب َكَسْفَّن اَّلَا اْوُنْوُكَي َنْيِنِمْؤُم That is: ‘Will you grieve yourself to death why these people do not believe?’ This verse shows that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, prayed with such fervour and pathos that the 1. ٭ Remember that Almighty God’s relationship with the believer is one of friendship, and desires sometime to fulfil the believer’s wish and at other times He desires that the believer be content upon His will. So in one in- stance He addresses the believers and says: ْۤيِنْوُعْدا ْبِجَتْسَا ْمُكَل [Pray unto me; I will accept your prayer ( S u rah al-Mu’min, 40:61). ] And this is when He wills to fulfil the believer’s desire. And in another in- stance He wants the believer to accept His will and that is when He says: ْمُهْتَباَصَا ٌةَبْيِصُّم١ۙ اْۤوُلاَق اَّنِا ِهّٰلِل َوۤاَّنِا ِهْيَلِا َنْوُعِجٰر َو ْمُكَّنَوُلْبَنَل ٍءْيَشِب َنِّم ِفْوَخْلا َوِعْوُجْلا َو ٍصْقَن َنِّم ِلاَوْمَاْلا َوِسُفْنَاْلا َوِتٰرَمَّثلا١ؕ َوِرِّشَب َنْيِرِبّٰصلا َنْيِذَّلا ۤاَذِا [And We will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives, and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient, who, when a misfortune overtakes them, say, ‘Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return. ’ ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:156–157)] It is a pity that the ignorant only look at one side of things and not the other. (Author) 2. S u rah ash-Shu‘ar a ’, 26:4 [Publisher]