Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 335
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 335 A Prophet like unto Moses will be raised from the Israelites from among their brethren. 1 ٭ Nowhere was it clearly stated that he will be from among the Ishmaelites, his name would be so and so and his father’s name would be so and so, he will be born in Makkah, and he will come after lapse of this much time. This is why the Jews did not benefit the least from this prophecy and, for this very error, hundreds of thousands of the Jews ended up in Hell, even though the Holy Quran has alluded to this same prophecy in the verse: 2 ۤاَّنِا ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ْمُكْيَلِا اًلْوُسَر١ۙ۬ اًدِهاَش ْمُكْيَلَع ۤاَمَك ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ىٰلِا َنْوَعْرِف اًلْوُسَر And the Jews say that the ‘like of M u s a ’ [Moses] was the Prophet Yas u ‘ a [ Joshua] who succeeded him after his death. And the Christians say that ‘ I s a [ Jesus] is the ‘like of M u s a ’, for, like M u s a , he too came as a sav- iour. Now, tell me what good did this prophecy of the Torah do since it did not make a clear decision. Neither the Jews nor the Christians could recognize the Prophet, may peace be upon him, whom the prophecy was about and both groups remain deprived of the blessing of accepting him. However, the revelation of Allah that descended upon me: عفت الدیار محلّھا ومقامھا [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out] is not ambiguous, as you imagine it to be, for another prophecy had previously been published in the same newspaper as: 1. ٭ In the Torah, the Israelites have been addressed at certain places to the effect that he would be raised from among them. (Author) 2. Verily, We have sent to you a Messenger, who is a witness over you, even as We sent a Messenger to Pharaoh ( S u rah al-Muzzammil, 73:16). [Publisher]