Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 372
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 372 My Answer— This calumny has already been answered and I have stated that I never claimed in any announcement that the true connota- tion of the two prophecies recorded in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, namely: فلّما تجلّی ربّہ للجبل جعلہ دكًّا [When God shall manifest His Glory on the mountain, He will cause it to break asunder ! ] had become evident to me at that time. Rather, I have written time and again that their true meaning became manifest after twenty-five years. And if the meaning had become apparent to me earlier, why would the error in its translation, as recorded in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya have occurred? Again, I am surprised at this statement of this ignorant Maulaw i who says that it is not the hallmark of a true Prophet or a recipient of revelation to knowingly and wilfully conceal for twenty-five years that which God commanded him to proclaim. This ignorant one doesn’t know it yet that the propagation relates to the injunctions and not to prophecies, which the recipient of revelation is not ordained to propa- gate. Rather, he has the prerogative whether or not to announce them. Moreover, since the reality of the prophecy had not become manifest to me, I was not obliged to reveal its meaning and purpose to the peo- ple. And yet I did publish its translation in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya inso- far as I could understand it with due diligence. So how was I remiss as far as propagation is concerned? 1 اَل ُفِّلَكُي ُهّٰللا اًسْفَن اَّلِا اَهَعْسُو But if the reality of those prophecies of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya —which became clear to me after the earthquake of 4 April 1905—had been 1. Allah burdens not any soul beyond its capacity ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:287). [Publisher]