The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 128
128. Essence of Islam-V me and an edict of disbelief regarding me was acquired from Mecca. A universal cry of heresy was raised against me, edicts were issued urging my assassination, the authorities were provoked against me, and the common people were alienated from me and my Jama'at. In short, every effort was made to destroy me. But, in keeping with the Divine prophecy, all the Maulavis and their ilk completely failed in their efforts. How blind are my opponents, for they do not see the grandeur of these prophecies: they do not realize how far back these prophecies were made, and with what majesty they have been fulfilled! Can this be the work of anyone but God Himself? If it can, then please come forward with a precedent. Do they not realize that had this been the work of man and against the Will of God, they would not have been frustrated in their efforts? Who was it that frustrated them? It was the same God Who is with me. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 241-242]. There is another prophecy also recorded in Brāhīn-eAḥmadiyya: يَعْصِمُكَ اللهُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَلَوْلَمْ يَعْصِمُكَ النَّاسُ i. e. , Allāh will shield you from all calamities, even though people do not wish to see you saved from them. . This prophecy goes back to the time when I lived in obscurity, and no one had any relationship with me, either of Bai'at or that of enmity. Subsequently, when I claimed to be the Promised Messiah, all the Maulavīs and their ilk flared up like fire. In those days a clergyman, by the name of Dr. Martyn Clark, instituted a case