Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 600
600 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION As written by Abdul-Qadir of Talibpur Pindori From the writing of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian:¹ ابن مریم مر چکا حق کی قسم داخل جنت ہوا ہے God is my Witness that Ibn-e-Maryam [the son of Mary] had died, And that holy one entered Paradise. ہے * 3 اس سے بہتر غلام احمد ابن مریم کے ذکر کو چھوڑو Speak not of Ibn-e-Maryam [the son of Mary], For better than him is the slave of the [Holy Prophet] Aḥmad[a]. 1. This is a copy of text that 'Abdul-Qadir of Talibpur Pindori wrote with his own hand. A photocopy of the original appears on 607. [Publisher] 3. * (Author). داخل جنت ہوا ہے محترم and not داخل جنت ہوا وہ " 2. Since this man is so ignorant, he has even misquoted my couplets. For instance, he made a mistake in the line marked [by an star (*)] which is part of my couplet. It should read o Many ignorant persons, such as the present party to the mubahalah, take grave offense at this line of the couplet which simply means that the Messiah of the Holy Prophet Muḥammad's ummah is superior to the Messiah of the Mosaic dispensation because our Prophet is superior to Mūsā. The fact of the matter is that divine wisdom and providence demanded that just as Ḥaḍrat 'Isa as [Jesus] was Khātamul-Khulafa' [the Seal of the Khulafa'] in the Mosaic dispensation, in the Muḥammadan dispensation, too, a Khātamul-Khulafa' would appear in the Latter Days (who this humble one is). This was done so that the two dispensations—the Israelite and the Ishmaelite-may come to mirror one another. Since our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is superior to Prophet Mūsā, it necessarily follows that the Seal of the Khulafa' of the Holy Prophet's ummah also be superior to the Khatamul-Khulafa' of Prophet Moses [Mūsā]. This is the truth. Let them listen who have ears that can hear! Alas! Our opponents repeatedly say that in the Latter Days a very large number of Muslims will become quite like the unfortunate Jews who used to reject the Prophets sent by God and deny their prophecies and that Muslims will similarly follow suit; but they are hard put to admit that just as the two orders resembled each other in their early peri- ods on account of the resemblance between the two Prophets, in the Latter Days too, they the two dispensations-will come to mirror each other by appearance of the Khatamul-Khulafa'. Jews also believe that the Messiah of the Latter Days will be superior to the first Messiah, but these people deny it. This shows the scant regard they pay to the exalted station and honour of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It is indeed the