Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 76
76 Every Muslim will accept me and will confirm my claim except the zurrayatul baghaya whose hearts will have been sealed up by God Almighty. This is a prophecy that a time will come when all Muslims will accept him and confirm his claim except such wicked ones whose hearts might be sealed by God Almighty. Thus it is clear that it is not the divines who are referred to in this sentence. Therefor e, their clamor that they have been abused by the use of this expression is entirely without cause. The well known lexicon, Tajul Urus , has given the meaning of baghy , which is the singular of baghaya , as a female slave whether of ill conduct or not. Accor dingly, the meaning of the expression zurrayatul baghaya would be the progeny of female slaves, that is to say, those who do not possess the manly quality of accepting the truth. The Tajul Urus further states that to call a person `son of a baghayyah‘ means that he is deprived of guidance. The Promised Messiah himself has interpreted the term as meaning a wicked person. On Saadullah of Ludhiana being mentioned, the Promised Messiah observed that in his poem in Anjam Aatham , he had said concerning Saadullah: You have persecuted me out of your vileness and now if you do not die in disgrace, O wicked one ibn bagha I will not have been proved truthful in my claim. Thus according to the Promised Messiah, the expression zurrayatul baghaya meant the progeny of the wicked and not the progeny of prostitutes as is alleged by his opponents. The, Promised Messiah, peace be on him, has applied to his