Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 484
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 484 taught—the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—and, thereafter, greatly blessed is the one who was taught—this humble one. Therefore, due to perfect obedience, I was named an ummat i and having acquired the full reflection of Prophethood, my title became Nab i. Thus, I acquired two titles. Those who object again and again that in S a hih Muslim the ‘ I s a to come has been called Nab i, it is incumbent upon them that they should read this exposition of mine with care, because the same Muslim in which the ‘ I s a to come has been called a Nab i, the ‘ I s a to come has also been called an ummat i therein. And it is not just the a ha d i th, but it is also inferred from the Holy Quran because it is explicitly stated in S u rah at-Ta h r i m that some individuals of this Ummah have been named ‘Maryam’ [Mary], and—on account of their perfect obedience to the Shariah—a Spirit was breathed into this ‘Maryam’ by God, and after the Spirit was breathed, ‘ I s a was born from this ‘Maryam’. It was on this basis that God named me ‘ I s a ibn-e-Maryam, because for a time I lived only in a Mary-like state. And then when God was pleased with that Mary-like state, a Spirit was breathed into me by Him. After this Spirit was breathed into me I progressed from the Mary-like state to become ‘ I s a. A detailed account of this is present in the earlier parts of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya; for, in the earlier parts of Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya I was initially named ‘Maryam’, as God says:. یا مریم اسكن انت و زوجك الجنّۃ Meaning: ‘O Mary! You and the one who is your companion, enter both into Paradise. ’ And then in the same Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, giving me the title of Maryam, He has said: نَفخت ُ فیك من روح الصدق Meaning: ‘O Mary, I breathed into you the Spirit of truth. ’ This