Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 36
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD 36 is even better than him, as He has indeed done; but God is One, without partner, He is free from death and birth, and there is none like unto Him. This [revelation] indicates that the Christians had gone on raising a clamour that the Messiah too, in his nearness to God and eminence of person, was unique and without partner. Now, God says, look here, I will create his match, who shall in fact be superior to him and his name is 'Ghulam Ahmad saw, meaning, the servant of Ahmadsaw [i. e. the Holy Prophet Muhammadsaw]. زندگی بخش جام احمد لاکھ ہوں انبیاء مگر بخدا کیا پیارا نام احمد Life-giving is the goblet of Ahmad saw, How dear is the name Ahmad saw. سب سے بڑھ کر مقام احمد ہے There may be a hundred thousand Prophets, but I swear by God, That the greatest of all in rank is Ahmadsaw; باغ احمد سے ہم نے پھل کھایا میرا بستان کلام احمد ہے I have eaten the fruit of the orchard of Ahmad saw, My garden is the word of Ahmadsaw. ابن مریم کے ذکر کو چھوڑو اس سے بہتر غلام احمد ہے Speak no more of Ibn Maryam [the son of Mary], Superior to him is Ghulam-e-Ahmadsaw [the servant of Ahmad saw]. These verses are not mere poetic caprice; they are an exposition of truth, and if evidence does not establish that I have been granted greater support than the Masih ibn Maryam [Messiah son of Mary], then I am a liar. God has supported me, not for my own