Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 351
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 351 Hence, I cannot understand why such common occurrences should be given the name of prophecy. The material for scoffing that you sought—unsuccessfully—to find in my prophecies, you may readily have found in the prophecies of Hadrat ‘ I s a as without much effort. It is also not true that Hadrat ‘ I s a as designated the earthquake as an earthquake and did not give any interpretation for it. Can you show me any state- ment of Hadrat ‘ I s a as in which it is stated that the earthquake, in these prophecies, literally means an earthquake and is not a figure of speech? How can your statement be accepted without the testimony of Hadrat ‘ I s a as , because it is established, from a study of his prophecies, that they are all metaphorical in nature? For instance, Hadrat ‘ I s a as had proclaimed that he was ‘King of the Jews’, and this matter was reported to the Roman government that, while the Jews were under the Roman Empire, this man claimed that the Jews were his subjects and he was their king. When the Roman government demanded a reply, he stated Afghanistan, reached Kashmir and he lived a long time there. Ultimately he died and was buried in Mohalla Khanyar, Srinagar, and his tomb is there to this day. People visit it and seek blessings by it. He did not die on the cross, he suffered some wounds on his body that were treated with Marham-i-‘ I s a [Jesus’ Ointment], which was given this name for this very reason. * (Author) * Just as our lord and master the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was wounded in the Battle of Uhud; and Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sustained several sword wounds on his forehead and he was soaked in blood from head to toe, in the same way—rather to a much lesser degree—did Hadrat ‘ I s a suffer wounds on the cross. I wonder what sort of idolatrous adulation ignorant people have for Hadrat ‘ I s a as that, while they acknowledge the wounds suffered by the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, they consider it beyond the status of Hadrat ‘ I s a as to be in- jured and wounded. They raise a clamour to such a notion and wish to bestow upon Hadrat ‘ I s a as a special quality distinct from the entire world. He alone rose to heaven and then would return to earth. He alone had such a long life, but God did not keep him unique in his birth; rather, he had several real brothers and several real sisters from the same mother, whereas our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was an only child, had neither any brother nor sister. (Author)