Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 349
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 349 Similarly, when it is said that the hour of Qiy a mah [the Resurrection] is not known, it does not mean that God has not given mankind even some general information about the Resurrection. Otherwise, describ- ing even the Signs of Doomsday would be a meaningless exercise, for what was the need to even describe the Signs of something that God wishes to keep secret? What is meant by such verses is that though the specific hour of Qiy a mah is not known to anyone, God has given mankind this much knowledge—like the duration of pregnancy—that when the seventh millennium has passed, the Qiy a mah shall have come upon the dwell- ers of this world. This is just like the human foetus in a womb—which must be born before nine months and ten days have passed—and yet the exact hour of its birth is not known. In the same way Qiy a mah will occur before 7,000 years have passed, but the exact hour of its occur- rence is not known. It is also possible that after the completion of 7,000 years, two or three more centuries may be additional as fractions which would not count. And the other objection of the critic—that it has not been claimed that it really is an earthquake—is also born out of lack of insight; for, I have written again and again that, from the apparent words of the follows: تعلمون. ل قالوا ا تجعل فیھا من یفسد فیھا. قال انی اعلم ما [They said: What! Wilt thou place in it such as shall make mischief in it? He said: I know what you do not know]. And just as the command to prostrate for Adam was issued, so regarding me too, there is the prophecy in God’s revelation: ذقان سُجَّدًا ربّنا اغْفِرلنا اِنّا كُنّا خاطئین. ل ون علی ا ُّ یَخِر [They will fall down prostrate on their faces, supplicating: Lord, forgive us, we were in error]. (Author)