Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 545
Epilogue 545 time, indeed desired that first all those prophecies and all those truths that had not yet manifested at the time the previous parts were written, should be fulfilled and then the fifth part should be written, so that He should announce the manifestation and completion of all the mat- ters that had hitherto remained secret and hidden. In fact, the point at which the writing of the earlier parts ended left a state of expectancy that could not have been addressed without this kind of Part V. This was so because a large portion of those four parts comprises prophecies in which news is given that God shall cause such and such things to happen. And until those prophecies were fulfilled, how could anyone appreciate that all those revelations, in which these prophecies are vouchsafed, were from God? It was for this very reason that all my opponents rejected these prophecies. But God did not will that those prophecies be considered false. It was also against the norms of research that, instead of providing the proof of the truth of the previous parts, an unrelated fifth part be penned. It was, therefore, warranted that decree and destiny of God Almighty should have prevented this hum- ble one from writing the fifth part for such a prolonged period till all those prophecies and other matters that laid hidden and concealed in the first four parts should become manifest. So, praise and gratitude is due to God, that in this period, which was twenty-three full years, all those things came to pass and God Himself made all these provisions. Apart from manifesting these Signs, glorious visions from God revealed to me the truth of Islam and made me comprehend many diffi- cult portions of the Holy Quran. Otherwise, it was beyond my ability to uncover those sublime mysteries on my own. But after the provision of this resource, I became able to write, in the fifth part, the exegesis concerning those precepts from the first four parts, which I could not have written in those earlier times. Once these provisions were granted, I decided that I should first write, in this epilogue, about the truth of Islam, and what Islam means. Then I should write briefly about the sub- lime and perfect teachings of the Holy Quran, referencing its verses, and demonstrate that the spirit of Islam serves as the focal point for all