Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 364
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 364 My Answer— Maulaw i Sahib! You have, today, surpassed even the Jews in distortion. To be called maulaw i and commit such wilful dis- honesty in expounding the meaning of such a clear text! Can it be the work of people who believe in the Day of Reckoning? Where and when in my announcement did I write that I remained firm and persistent in this sin for twenty-five years that I did not publish the translation of the Arabic revelation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya? Open pages 516 and 5571 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya and see the translation of the Arabic rev- elations is present at both places. Then how could I have said that I did not translate and publish the Arabic revelation and remained firm and persistent in this sin for twenty-five years? In the presence of the fact that both these revelations are recorded on pages 516 and 557 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya along with their Urdu translation, can any wise person accept that I could have written in my announcement that I had not set out the translation of those revela- tions in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya? Rather, my statement in my announce- ment of 11 May 1905 pertained to the Arabic revelation that had been published without translation in my announcement of 31 May 1904, namely, the revelation: عفت الدیار محلّھا ومقامھا [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out]. Translation of this had not been set out in Urdu. Maulaw i Sahib made this distortion so as to establish the blame on me as if I wilfully did not translate the Arabic revelation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya for twenty-five years and kept it concealed. Apart from this, there were, in fact, two prophecies in Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya regarding the earthquake, one was recorded on page 516 1. In the 2008 edition of R uha n i Khaz a ’in, the referenced text appears in vol. 1, pages 615 and 665. In the 2016 English translation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, this text appears on pages 395 and 435. [Publisher]