The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 32
32 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD However, when Hadrat Abu Bakra, whom God had granted knowledge of the Quran, recited the above-mentioned verse, the Companions came to know for a certainty that all Prophets had died. As a result, the Companions were heartened by this verse, and the sense of grief that had overtaken them due to the death of their beloved Prophet was dispelled and they went about happily reciting the aforesaid verse in the streets of Madinah. It was on this occasion that Hassan bin Thabit wrote for the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, the follow- ing mournful couplets: فَعَمِي عَلَيْكَ النَّاظِرُ فَعَلَيْكَ كُنتُ أحَاذِرُ كُنتَ السَّوَادَ لِنَاظِرِي مَنْ شَاءَ بَعْدَكَ فَلْيَمُتْ That is: You, O Prophetsas, were the pupil of my eye. Your depar- ture has made me blind. Now, no matter who dies, be it 'Īsā [Jesus] or Mūsā [Moses], I cannot care less for them, as it was your pass- ing that I feared most. In other words, it was due to your passing that the Companions came to believe that all Prophets had died; hence they cared not in the least for anyone else. A line in another couplet says: عجب تھا عشق اس دل میں محبت ہو تو ایسی ہو Wonderful indeed was the love occupying that heart. Indeed, such should be the condition of love.