Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 487
Laying to Rest Some Doubts 487 And the charge was that I had sent a man named ‘Abdul Maj i d1 to kill Dr. Martyn Clark. Accordingly, witnesses against me were duly processed, but God had already told me even before the case that such a case will be brought, and that He would save me. That revelation from God Almighty was conveyed to about sixty, seventy, or eighty people prior to the case. Hence, in keeping with His holy revelation, God caused me to be honourably acquitted from this false charge. Thus, all that endeavour was to get me hanged as was made by the Jews with regard to Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him. And what is strange is that Pilate, the Roman, (Governor of the territory where the Messiah was), had said to the Jews that he found no fault with that man—that is, ‘ I s a —for which he should put him on the cross. In the same way, the official who had my case in his court, whose name was Douglas and who was the Deputy Commissioner of our District, addressed me saying, ‘I make no charge of murder against you. ’ Stranger still, just as a thief was crucified alongside Hadrat ‘ I s a , similarly, the day the case of murder against me was decided, a Christian thief from the Salvation Army, who had stolen some money, was also brought before the same court the same day. In short, when Almighty God said: 2 ىٰۤسْيِعٰي ْيِّنِا َكْيِّفَوَتُم َو َكُعِفاَر َّيَلِا with regard to me, this was a prophecy in which a hint was given that, as it happened in the case of Hadrat ‘ I s a [ Jesus], some schemes would also be hatched to have me killed, and that the enemy will remain frus- trated in these schemes. The third matter which makes me dual is the issue of my national- ity. As is apparently reported, I am a Mughal by ethnicity on the basis 1. This is a misprint. The actual name is ‘Abdul Ham i d. [Publisher] 2. O Jesus, I will cause you to die a natural death and will exalt you to Myself ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:56). [Publisher]