A Hidden Truth — Page 38
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 38 27 ْ أَ ﺗـَﻌْﺠَﺐ ُ ﻷِﻣْﺮِي And in doing so, he has himself opened the door to his own humiliation. In other words, he has fulfilled his own desire for instant disgrace. In fact, the time for swift dishonour was to start from 15 December 1898, but he has fallen into utter disgrace even earlier, which ought not to be called swift but rather, humiliation in advance. How so? Upon reading the above revelation at some occasion, the aforementioned Sheikh raised an objection in the presence of Sheikh Ghulam Mustafa, a resident of this city, and stated that the phrase in the revelation 28 ْ أَ ﺗـَﻌْﺠَﺐ ُ ﻷِﻣْﺮِي mentioned in the announce- ment contains an error in syntax, whereas the word of God cannot be with flaw; it should thus be: َ ْ أ ﺗـَﻌْﺠَﺐ ُ ﻣِﻦ ْ أﻣْﺮِي This is the objection that has brought instant humili- ation upon the Sheikh. For as I have proved with reference to the renowned poets of Arabia and even from the works of the most distinguished poets of the Jahiliyyah , the connective particle lam can be used with 27 Do you wonder at My command? [Publisher] 28 Ibid