Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 36
Hazrat 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 Ahmad saw [i. e. the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw ]. ےہ ؐ ادمح اجم شخب زدنیگ ےہ ؐ ادمح انم ی � �پ یارا ا ی ک Life-giving is the goblet of Ahmad saw , How dear is the name Ahmad saw. دخبا رگم ء ا ی ب ن ا� وہں الھک ےہ ؐ بس ےس ڑبھ رک اقمم ادمح There may be a hundred thousand Prophets, but I swear by God, That the greatest of all in rank is Ahmad saw ; ا ی ےس مہ ےن لھپ اھک� ؐ ابغ ادمح ےہ ؐ ادمح الکم اتسبں می را I have eaten the fruit of the orchard of Ahmad saw , My garden is the word of Ahmad saw. وک وھچڑو ذرک ےک ی رم� اِنب ےہ ؐ ِ ادمح الغم رتہب ےس اُس Speak no more of Ibn Maryam [the son of Mary], Superior to him is Ghulam-e-Ahmad saw [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 Mas ih ibn Maryam [Messiah son of Mary], then I am a liar. God has supported me, not for my own