Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 472
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 472 the time of migration was secretive—it was considered unwise to travel with a large caravan, just as it is evident that when our Prophet may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had migrated to Mad i nah he was accompanied only by Hadrat Ab u Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him; and undertaking the 200 kose 1 journey to Mad i nah was not easy even at that time. Had the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wished, he could have taken 60 or 70 people with him, but he only made Hadrat Ab u Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, his companion. To meddle into the mysteries of Prophets is an improper meddling. And how do you know that the Disciples did not come to India to join Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him, even afterwards? On the contrary, the Christians themselves believe that some of the Disciples did—indeed—visit India in those days. The arrival of the disciple Thomas in Madras and the gathering of Christians in a festival every year in Madras to this day in its commemoration is something which is no secret to any knowledgeable person. In fact, the tomb in Srinagar, Kashmir, which we call the tomb of Hadrat ‘ I s a, is believed by some eminent Christian clergymen to be the tomb of some disciple. This is despite the fact that the person buried in that tomb wrote in his book that, ‘I am a Prophet and a prince, and the Inj i l [Gospel] was revealed to me. ’ It is also written in the historical books pertaining to Kashmir, which I have had access to, that this Prophet was from among the Israelites, that he was called the Prince Prophet, and that he had migrated to Kashmir from his own land. Also, we learn from the time of his arrival as is recorded in these books, that nineteen hundred (1,900) years have elapsed since the time this Prophet came to Kashmir. And we also indict the Christians that whereas you admit that the person in that grave who is buried in Mohalla Khanyar, Srinagar is a disciple of Jesus, but how could he be a disciple when it is written in his 1. A kose is a measure of distance, the length of which is approximately two English miles. [Publisher]