Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 481
Laying to Rest Some Doubts 481 Prophet is not that the majority should accept him. The prerequisite, indeed, is the incontrovertible evidence by irrefutable arguments. In this case, the requirements have been fulfilled incontrovertibly in con- sonance with the pattern of Prophethood. Thus, in keeping with the prophecy of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the lunar and solar eclipses, that was to be a Sign for the advent of the Promised Messiah, did occur twice in the world. Likewise, a new form of transport that was alluded to in the Holy Quran and Hadith has also come into existence; i. e. the railways which have taken the place of camels for transportation, as [foretold] in the Holy Quran: 1 َو اَذِا ُراَشِعْلا ْتَلِّطُع Meaning that, the Latter Days, when the she-camel will be rendered useless. And as is mentioned in this hadith of S a hih Muslim with regard to the Signs of the coming of the Promised Messiah: یُسعٰی ل ص ف ل ولیتركن الق 2. علیھا Meaning: ‘Then the she-camel will become useless, and no one will ride them. ’ Obviously, that time has come. It was also written that earthquakes would strike at that time. Accordingly, those earthquakes have been witnessed by people, and those that remain, shall be witnessed. And it was written that the Promised Messiah would be born at the end of the sixth millennium after Adam, may peace be upon him. Accordingly, I have been born in the same time frame. Similarly, the Holy Quran had alluded to it that, like Hadrat ‘ I s a , 1. S u rah at-Takw i r, 81:5 [Publisher] 2. The present day edition of Musnad Ahmad bin H anbal has the same word- ing, whereas in S a hih Muslim, instead of َّ َن ك ُ وَلَیَتْر the word َّ َن ك َ وَلَتُتْر is recorded. [Publisher]