Truth Prevails — Page 107
( 107 ) to blame. ’ ( Tazkira , page 651) All these warning notes were clearly pointing to the fact that a mischief mongering son (of Hazrat Mirza Sahib) would precede the coming of the Muslih Mau’ud. ” (Truth Triumphs, page 47) This conclusion, claimed, to be drawn from these Ilhams , is preposterous, absolutely unwarranted. Out of these, of one the exact words in Arabic are “Alfitnato Hahona ” which Mr. Faruqi has put into English as “The real disruptive element is already present here. ” This is not a satisfactory version of the original in Arabic, which Faruqi has put in Urdu as “ Khas fitna yahan pehle se maujud hai ”. To begin with, both renderings of the orignal in Arabic are not satisfactory. The Promised Messiah has himself translated the whole Arabic Ilham in Urdu. Taken in its entirety, it runs as “ Is jaga ek fitna hai, so olulazm nabiyun ki tarhe sabr karo, jab mushkilat ke pahar par tajalli karega, to inhen pash pash kar dega. Yih Khuda ki quwwat hai, jo apne bande ke liae woh ghani mutlaq zahir karega. ” A careful reproduction of this Ilham in English would be: “At this place, there is mischief. (Or, let us put it as ‘The real mischief lies here’) So like the Prophets of high resolve, show patience. When God makes Himself manifest on the mountains, He would break them to pieces. This is the might of the Lord, which that absolutely Independent Master will make manifest in any way He likes. ” The date of this Ilham is 1883 ( Tazkira page 108) and Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad was born six years after this Ilham. As seen by Mr. Faruqi, it gives information about some mischief of importance, which Mr. Faruqi puts down as “This special mischief is present here already. ” Therefore, it cannot, in any case, be taken as connected with Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad in any way; rather, the mischief to which it refers, is the mischief of the Decree of Takfir issued by the Muslim Ulema ranged in opposition, and given a great deal of prominence after this Ilham had been received. Anyway, Mr. Faruqi’s interpretation of this Ilham is wrong. When he further explains its meaning to say that the source of the mischief, namely, the boy, would have taken birth already, this also is not correct. In Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya , Part V, page 64, the Promised Messiah has reproduced the Ilham connected with Takfir , before this Ilham , where the wording is: “Call to mind the schemer who would call you a kafir , and deny your claim. From one of his friends, he would ask for a decree that he should impassion the common people. Destruction descend on the two hands of Abu Lahab, with which that fatwa was written. And he, too, came to be destroyed. It was not proper for him to interfere in this matter, except with fear. Whatever harm reaches you, it will be not in his power to have created this trouble. ” And then said: “At that