Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 858
858 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI when the debate between me and my opponents was prolonged and I did not find even a single person taking interest in Islam, I understood that it was a matter that demanded the succour of Allah the Great Bestower; for, I am nothing except when the mercy of my Gracious Lord comes to me. I then prostrated at the threshold of the Holy Lord to seek His help like a person who was already dead. It was then that my Lord blessed me with a new life by granting me two sentences and enlightened my eyes. He said: يَا أَحْمَدُ بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيْكَ. اَلرَّحْمَنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنْذِرَ أَبَاؤُهُمْ وَ لِتَسْتَبِيْنَ سَبِيْلُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ. قُلْ إِنّى أُمِرْتُ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. *1 1. My enemies from among the Muslims call me the foremost of the disbe- lievers. To refute this, the Word of Allah that is recorded in my book Barahin- e-Aḥmadiyya, is: 'Say: I have been commissioned from God and I am the first of the believers. Also, my enemies asserted that I should not be buried in a Muslim graveyard. To refute them, the Holy Prophet sa said that the Promised Messiah would be buried in his grave and they will be raised together on the Day of Resurrection. This is in response to those who say that I have declared Muslims to be disbelievers and consider me from among those who will enter Hell. If you have any doubt about what I have quoted above, you may enquire the righteous ones. It is from among the peculiarities of the state between the day of death to resurrection that some people, after they die, are granted spiritual nearness to the grave of the Holy Prophet sa which holds Paradise beneath it; whereas some are taken away from it. The Holy Prophetsa has, therefore, declared me to be from among those who will be granted nearness. This negates anyone who considers me to be from among the dwellers of Hell. God Almighty will spiritually bury me in the grave of the Holy Prophetsa. This is what has been intimated on a number of occasions in the Book of God Almighty as well as in the sayings of the Holy Prophetsa. Those who are cog- nizant of the spiritual realm do testify to the truth of this phenomenon. Another objection that my opponents raised was that those who follow me will become disbelievers, and, therefore, should not be buried in a Muslim graveyard. To them, my followers were the worst of the disbelievers. At this, God spoke to me and drew my attention to a piece of land which He said held Paradise beneath it. He said those who will be buried in it shall enter Paradise and shall be granted security. Hence, there would have been no such rewards