Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 358
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 358 that whereas the breaking asunder of the mountain has been men- tioned in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya , it has also been written in the same book that it is a prophecy? It cannot, however, be denied that I could not beforehand determine in what manner this prophecy of Bar a h i n- e-Ahmadiyya would manifest itself. And this is a phenomenon shared by all Prophets. But never have I, either in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya or in any other book, denied that this is a prophecy. How indeed could I deny it when it is clearly written on page 5161 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya : ولنجعلہ اٰیۃ ً لِّلنّاس ورحمۃ ً منّا Meaning: ‘We shall make the rending asunder of the mountain a Sign for the people. ’ And then, on page 557, it is written: قوّۃ الرحمٰن لعُبَید الل ّٰ الصمد Meaning: ‘The rending asunder of the mountain shall be by the power of God—in support of His servant. ’ Thus, who—other than a mischievous and dishonourable person who cares nothing for faith, God, or the Day of Reckoning—can deny that this is a prophecy, and a Sign has been promised in it? When God Almighty Himself has called it a Sign and has promised that He would manifest it for the benefit of the people at some point in time, who then dare say that it is not a Sign and it is not a prophecy? As for my admission that at the time of the writing of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya I was unable to specify any particular facet of the prophecy, it cannot benefit the opponent at all, for it is not necessary for a Prophet to define the specifics of every prophecy before its time. I have already dealt quite extensively with this subject in this very book, and there is no need 1. In the 2008 edition of R uha n i Khaz a ’in, the referenced text appears in vol. 1, page 616. In the 2016 English translation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, this text appears on page 395. [Publisher]