Life of Ahmad — Page 803
as MIRACLE OF THE MESSIAH as 803 explaining the hidden meanings of the Quran, then I am false. If anyone can equal me in foretelling the hidden things and secrets of the future, which the Almighty reveals to me, then I am not from God. These authoritative words need no comment. They speak for themselves. I would like to add only one thing. The keenness of Ahmad as to show signs was directed only against such of his opponents who demanded a sign and insisted that they must see something supernatural. Otherwise in his discourses he did not lay much emphasis upon it. People who demanded such signs, he said, really begin with suspicion and therefore they are not generally led to the truth. It is men like Abu Bakr ra who benefit most by the advent of Prophets. The moment he was informed that the Holy Prophet sa had claimed to be a Prophet he believed in him. Not that he had seen a portent or an extraordinary show of Divine power, but because he knew the Holy Prophet sa from the beginning as a man of truth. He knew the holy life that he led, so he believed in the Holy Prophet sa as he was a truthful man and could never tell a lie. Such people do not seek signs, while those who insist on seeing signs of their own choice generally fail to recognise the signs and perish. Anyhow, the Parcharak of Jullundur criticised the Urdu leaflet Arba'in No. 1 to which the AI- H akam replied on September 16th, 1900.