Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 353
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 353 so much that you cannot trust anything of it, good or bad; yet, even if we accept the distorted version, the prophecy of Hadrat ‘ I s a as about the earthquake is totally unacceptable to the Muslims as there is no mention of this prophecy of Hadrat ‘ I s a as in the Holy Quran at all. Therefore, how and on what basis can it be accepted as valid? Alas! The extent to which you have striven to repudiate my proph- ecies and, setting aside the fear of God, have tried tooth and nail to somehow prove to the public that these prophecies are trivial you have opted for this pleasure-less sin for nothing. If you had some success in breaking my arguments, you could at least have won the admiration of the Christians. Even if you had remained silent there would have been some benefit. What did you achieve by opening your mouth? And you have not launched this attack upon me; rather, you have attacked the God who has sent me. Alas! It is only sheer hard-heartedness and the desire for fame that has prompted most people to stand up in opposi- tion to me; otherwise, it was not at all difficult to understand my claim and my arguments. Thousands of Signs have appeared so far, and even the heaven and earth have given testimony [for me], but still those whose hearts are sealed did not desist from opposition. They have called for a chas- tisement from God that will befall at its due time. For those who are opposing God, it was better for them if they had died prior to this. But they have been intoxicated by the wine of prejudice and vanity and the days are coming when God will bring them to their senses. I will now dispose off some objections that Maulaw i Ab u Sa‘ i d Muhammad H usain Bat a law i published in the newspaper Paisah Akhb a r issue dated 19 June 1905. And they are as follows: His Statement— He writes (the reference is to this humble one) that I had given news of this earthquake in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya and had written that mountains would burst asunder. This is a falsehood beyond measure.