The Shining Lamp — Page 72
72 in the situation when I had made my truthfulness or falsehood dependent upon them. Furthermore, it had been clearly stated that if they were able to break this Sign by presenting any compa- rable compilation, then my claim would be false. But these people were totally unable to compete at all. Similarly, those Christian priests—who designate the most insig- nificant, ignorant apostate a maulaw i —were so helpless before this contest and competition that they never even looked in its direction. The excellence of this prophecy is that it was set down in writing sixteen or seventeen years prior to these Arabic books coming into existence. Is it possible for a man to do this?!! Twelfth [Prophecy] This prophecy is written on pages 238 and 239 of Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya 1 and relates to knowledge of the Holy Quran. The essence of this prophecy is that Allah the Exalted states that, ‘You have been bestowed the knowledge of the Holy Quran—such knowledge which will annihilate falsehood. ’ Furthermore, in the same prophecy, He states that two human beings have been blessed very highly indeed: One is that Teacher whose name is Muhammad, the Chosen One, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the other is this pupil, meaning the writer of this book. This also points towards the verse of the Holy Quran where Allah, the Lord of Glory, states: 1. See also English translation, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 3, Sub-Footnote Number One, p. 209, published in 2018. [Publisher]