The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 36
36 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD What is more, the maulawis argue that the verse إِنَّهُ لَعِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ pertains to 'Isā. Indeed one should fear people who have such gross misunderstanding of the Holy Quran, for an incompetent religious scholar can put a person's faith in danger. O Wicked people! Is the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, himself not عِلْمٌ لِلسَّاعَةِ while he has stated that: بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَالسَّاعَةُ كَهَاتَيْنِ and while God also stated: اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ 3 Then how obnoxious a folly it would be on the part of the people to interpret the term ساعة saah-the hour] here as the Day of Judgment! Now, allow me to explain that the term ساعة saah[ that has been used here refers to the punishment inflicted upon the Jews at the hands of Titus, the Roman Emperor, after Hadrat 'Īsā had left them. God Himself spoke of this ساعة saah] in the 1. Verily, He was a Sign of the Hour (Sūrah az-Zukhruf, 43:62). [Publisher] 2. 'I and the Last Hour are like this. . . Şahih al-Bukhārī, Kitābur-Riqāq, p. 546, Mausuʻā al-Hadith, Dārus-Salām Pub. Riyadh. [Publisher] 3. The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon is rent asunder (Sūrah al-Qamar, 54:2). [Publisher]