The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 53
THE MIRACLE OF AHMAD 53 acknowledged that those to whom God shows visions and who have discourses with God occupy a lofty station and are not bound to follow the research made by Muhaddithin. The Muhaddithin relate from those who are dead, while those who are blessed with divine visions hear from the Living and Self-Subsisting God. Hence, how would you like to describe the status of the one who has been named Hakam? Don't you think he has been granted the status that you assign to others? Further, Maulawi Sanaullah asks me why I have taken into account the prophecy regarding the Promised Messiah asserting that surely this must have been done so on the basis of ahādīth. This is why he then asks me why I do not accept other signs given in ahādīth. These simpletons either say this on the basis of sheer fabrication or rank stupidity. In reply to this I swear by Almighty God that I have not based my claim on the Hadith; rather, I have based it on the Holy Quran and the revelation that has descended upon me. I do, however present in my favour those ahādīth that are in accord with the Holy Quran and which do not oppose the revelation I have received. Other aḥādīth I discard as worthless. Even if there been no such thing as the Hadith in the world, my claim would not have been harmed in the least. But yes, God has presented the Holy Quran in His revelations to me in a num- ber of places. Thus you will see in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya that no hadith is quoted regarding my claim; rather, in my revelations Allah, the Exalted, has presented the Holy Quran on numerous occasions. I believe that I have now provided sufficient answers to the deceptive objections raised by Maulawī Sanaullah in the debate