Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 399
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 399 Jews who did not accept Hadrat ‘ I s a , sought to crucify him, and were declared as ْ ْهِم ی مَغْضُوْب ِ عَلَ [ magh du bi ‘alaihim —those who have incurred displeasure]. This is why God Almighty has taught us to recite this very prayer of S u rah al-F a ti h ah in our five daily obligatory Prayers: 1 اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع ِرْيَغ ِبْوُضْغَمْلا ْمِهْيَلَع َو اَل َنْيِّلٓاَّضلا Hence, by َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع [ an‘amta ‘alaihim— on whom You have bestowed Your blessings] are meant the Israelite Prophets, and by ْ ْهِم ی مَغْضُوْب ِ عَلَ [ magh du bi ‘alaihim —those who have incurred displeasure] are meant those Jews who did not accept Hadrat ‘ I s a. This verse shows that since there were to be born in this Ummah people of the same character as the Jews who lived in the time of Hadrat ‘ I s a , it was necessary that there should also be in this Ummah an ‘ I s a , by denying whom they could become the ‘Jews’ who are ْ ْهِم ی مَغْضُوْب ِ عَلَ [ magh du bi ‘alaihim —those who have incurred displeasure]. So, when people object to me for calling myself ‘ I s a, their objection in fact recoils upon themselves, for if they had not been ‘Jews’, I too would not be ‘ I s a. Nevertheless, the Word of God had to be fulfilled. It is strangely naïve of them that they are willing to become ‘Jews’, but insist on bringing ‘ I s a from outside! In short, the edifice of the Ishmaelite dispensation was erected in the image of the Israelite dispensation. This is the logic behind the fact that the ‘ I s a of this dispensation is not from the Ishmaelite lineage. Just as the Messiah did not belong to the Israelite lineage, as he had no father and only his mother was an Israelite, similar is the case with me. I have already mentioned that some of my great-grandmothers were from among the progeny of the Holy Prophet s as , and God made it clear 1. Guide us in the right path, the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings, those who have not incurred Your displeasure, and those who have not gone astray ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6–7). [Publisher]