Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 268
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 268 Element of Concealment is Necessary in Prophecies The Promised Messiah as said: It is necessary that there should be an element of conceal- ment and differing interpretation within prophecies, and this has indeed been the Divine practice. If Prophet Malachi had written clearly in his prophecy that Elijah will not appear himself, rather it will be his likeness, then the scholars of that time would not have faced such difficulties in accepting Jesus. Similarly, if the prophecies in the Torah and Gospel regarding the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were expressed in the most explicit terms that the coming Prophet of the Last Age would be from the progeny of Ishmael as and would appear in Makkah, then the Jews could not have refused to accept him. But God Almighty tests His servants to determine who is the righteous one among them, who recog- nizes the truth by witnessing its Signs and believes in it. Death of an Ahmadi from the Plague The Promised Messiah as said: The objection of the adversaries as to why some of the members of our Jam a ‘at die with the plague is completely unjustified. I have never made any such prophecy that anyone who had taken Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance] at my hand would never be affected by the plague. However, I do say that people of the foremost rank do not die as a result of being afflicted with this type of disease. No Prophet, S iddiq [Truthful One] or Wal i [a Friend of God; i. e. Saint] has ever died of the plague. The plague spread during the time of Hadrat ‘Umar ra but was he affected by it in the least? None of the great Companions ra