The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 44
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 44 would save him from the influence of Satan, as the corpus of Hadith in Islam records these attributes of his and says that he always remained safe and never followed in the footsteps of Satan. An evil-minded Jew has written in his book that once [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as —Jesus] fell in love with a woman who was a stranger. But the statement which issues forth from the mouth of an enemy is not reliable. 1 He was an elect and beloved of God, and depraved are those who utter such calumnies against him. He did cher - ish a desire for the throne of David due to an error of judg - ment he made, but that desire was not fulfilled. A famous adage goes: ی ب امےگن ےلم ہن � ی نب امےگن ومیت لم [Everything goes to him who wants nothing]. So he remained deprived of the Davidic throne but God bestowed kingdom upon the person He Himself had ele - vated, i. e. the Chief of all the Prophets, who had denied himself the earthly kingdom and said: ْ اَلْفَقْر ُ فَخْرِي , i. e. I take pride in being poor. He said willingly that he would be happy to go hungry one day and eat one day. But God safeguarded him against hunger and poverty. That was a special grace of the Almighty! Perhaps the reason why most of the interpretations of Hadrat Mas ih turned out to be wrong was that his initial ambitions failed to materialize. Nonetheless, this does not do any harm to his prophethood. A Prophet comes with hundreds of bright Signs by which he is recognized and the truth of his claim is manifested. So, if some interpretation is proved wrong, it brings no harm to the claim itself. For instance, if the eyes misconceive a man to be a 1. Note: The Christians also make such vile statements about the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. And, an allegation of this kind was once levelled at M u s a as [Moses] as well. (Author)