Tadhkirah — Page 59
1882 59 falsehood has vanished away; and falsehood was bound to vanish. Every blessing is from Mu h ammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; so highly blessed is he who taught and he who has been taught. Say: If I have invented it of myself, the sin thereof is on me. Allah is the God Who has sent His Messenger and His Appointed One with guidance and the True Faith so that He should make this faith prevail over all diverse faiths. 70 No one can (B) Suddenly I had this experience through divine favour that in the evening…having been overcome by a light slumber I received this revelation. [Nu s ratul- H aqq, p. 51, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 21, p. 66] (C) When the 13 th century of the Hegira came to an end and the 14 th century was about to begin, Allah the Almighty, informed me through revelation that I was the Reformer of this century and I received the revelation: [Arabic] [ The Most Gracious One has taught you the Qur’an… I am the first of the believers. ] [Kit a bul-Bariyyah, p. 168, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 13, p. 201] (D) By virtue of this revelation Allah bestowed upon me Qur’anic knowledge and called me the first of believers and filled me like an ocean with divine philosophy and truth and has assured me repeatedly through revelation that in this age no one’s knowledge or love of the Divine comes up to my knowledge and my love. [ D a rur atul-Im a m, p. 31, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 13, p. 502] 70 The meaning of the revelation [making Islam prevail over all other faiths] is that: God will help the wronged believers by illumining their faith and perfecting its appeal by incontrovertible arguments and shining reasoning and thus making it prevail over other faiths. [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 3, p. 239, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, p. 265] Publishers’ Note: This divine revelation is explained in Arba'in , volume 2, pages 10–11 and 13, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 17 pages 356–360. Details of how it was fulfilled are given in Tiry a qul-Qul u b , pages 47, 54, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 15, pages 230, 248.