Life of Ahmad — Page 532
PT. LEKHR A M’S DEATH as 532 concerning himself which, if it were fulfilled, was to be the sole criterion of the truth or falsehood of Islam and the A rya faith. And when the prophecy was made, both the parties agreed to give it a very wide publication and awaited its result most anxiously. At last it has been most clearly and definitely fulfilled. The most curious phase of the prophecy, which has been very thoroughly discussed in these pages, is, that it was published in clear and unequivocal words in the Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya about seventeen years ago when Lekhr a m was a mere boy of twelve or thirteen years. The readers of this pamphlet must carefully consider this fact which, I believe, will improve their faculty of discernment, and by clearly showing them the difference between Divine and human powers, will compose their thoughts and satisfy their minds. It would not be out of place to invite your attention to another of my books— Sir a j-e- Mun i r or The Bright Sun—which deals with this important question from another point of view. All the prophecies which were made and literally fulfilled before Lekhr a m’s death, have been collected therein, and a few of them concern some other A ryas who are still alive to bear testimony to what they experienced in their own cases. If any of my readers, before attempting a reply to this pamphlet, should like