Tadhkirah — Page 91
1883 91 [Arabic] A man of Persian descent has published the refutation of those who have disbelieved and have obstructed people from the path of Allah. Allah appreciates his effort. [Arabic] The book of the wal i [the friend of Allah] is Dhulfaq a r-e-‘Al i [the sword of ‘Al i ]. 109 This means that this book confounds and 109 (A) At one time Dhulfaq a r [the sword] was in the hands of ‘Al i [May Allah honour his face] but God will bestow Dhulfaq a r upon this Im a m also in such a manner that his shining hand will perform that which Dhulfaq a r performed in the time of ‘Al i. That hand will be as if it was the Dhulfaq a r of ‘Al i [May Allah honour his face] which has appeared a second time. This is an indication that the Im a m will be Sul ta nul-Qalam [the champion of the pen] and that his pen will perform what Dhulfaq a r used to perform. The prophecy ** (of Ni‘matull a h Wal i ) is the exact translation of the revelation vouchsafed to this humble one printed ten years ago in the Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, which is: It means that the book of this Wa li is the Dhulfaq a r of ‘Al i. Here the reference is to this humble one. For this reason, this humble one has in many visions been called Gh a z i. There is a reference to this in several other places in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah. [Nish a n-e- A sm a n i , p. 15, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 4, p. 375] ** [Persian] I see his shining hand again armed with Dhulfaq a r [Publishers] (B) This country is D a rul- H arb [zone of war] as against the Christian missionaries. We should therefore not sit idle. But remember that our war is of the same kind as theirs. We should go forth with the kind of weapons with which they have come forth. That weapon is the pen. That is why God the Exalted has named this humble one Champion of the Pen and has named my pen the Dhulfaq a r of ‘Al i. [al- H akam, vol. 5, no. 22, June 17, 1901, p. 2, column 2]