The Shining Lamp — Page 125
Twentieth Prophecy 125 O unworthy people! What need is there to debate whether the one who had died per the portent of God was within or with- out the period? How fortunate! Show me where and what city he is sitting now? You had heard that he had started experiencing the h a wiyah [fire of hell ] well within the prescribed period. He acted upon the condition [set forth in the prophecy], and so he was granted respite and lived half-alive for some days, but eventu- ally, the fire of God’s wrath did not let him go and destroyed him. This incident of Atham is a massive Sign of the hidden powers of God Almighty, for news of it was written down in Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya seventeen years before its occurrence. First, attention was drawn towards the debate about Tau hi d [Oneness of God] and Trinity, which took place in Amritsar. And regarding this, it was said: 1 ُن ْ لَّہ ٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ. ك َ ي ْ ُوْلَد ْ وَلَم ي ْ َلِد ْ وَلَم ي ْ َہّٰللُّٰ الصَّمَدُ. لَم َ ا ہّٰللُّٰ اَحَدٌ. ا ُو ه ْ قُل ُن ْ لَّہ ٗ کُفُوًا اَحَدٌ. ك َ ي ْ ُوْلَد ْ وَلَم ي ْ َلِد ْ وَلَم ي ْ َہّٰللُّٰ الصَّمَدُ. لَم َ ا ہّٰللُّٰ اَحَدٌ. ا ُو ه ْ قُل [Say, ‘He is Allah, the One; Allah the Independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him. ’] I was then informed about the mischief which the Christians created in order to conceal the truth after the prescribed period had passed. And then I was informed about that most deceitful mischief from the Christians, which was manifested with extreme zeal and bigotry. And then, finally, glad tidings were given that 1. See also English translation, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 3, Sub-Footnote Number One, p. 211, published in 2018. [Publisher]