Truth Prevails — Page 83
( 83 ) position, is that Mubarak Ahmad was born outside nine years, the clear time limit in the case. In fact TiryaquI Qulub carried the following passage, wherein the Promised Messiah takes up a clear and candid position in regard to the matter: “ Ilham had said four sons would be born of which the number one had been held in the Ilham to become a stalwart of God, with qualities of a Messiah. So, by the grace of Allah, four sons have been born. ” (page 14) Evidently, the Promised Messiah says very clearly that one of the four sons was going to be the Expected Muslih. There is here no trace of any basis for the view that he identified Mubarak Ahmad as the son destined to become the great Muslih Mau’ud. There is another reason why the Promised Messiah could not have felt sure that Mubarak Ahmad was destined to be the Muslih Mau’ud , because, even before his birth he was aware there was a possibility, in the light of the Ilhams concerning him that he might die in childhood. Under Sign number 21, in Tiryaqul Qulub where the birth of this son was foretold, the Promised Messiah wrote: “Allah has informed me He would give me another son. This is the same fourth son, born now, who has been named Mubarak Ahmad. It was this same boy intimation of his birth had been given two years before. Then, again, the intimation was given at a time when there still were two months to go before his birth; and then came the following Ilham , when he was to be born: ‘ Inni asqoto minallahi wa usibohu ’. i. e. , ‘From the hand of God, I fall on the earth and it is to him I will go. ’ From this, on the basis of my own judgement I drew the meaning that he would be a pious boy. His face always turned to Allah. His movement always directed towards Him or that he would die soon. God alone knows out of these two possibilities which is the one to concide with His will and purpose. ” ( Tiryaqul Qulub , Edition 1, page 30, Large Size) This interpolation on the part of Mr. Faruqi is highly regrettable. In fact this interpolation was made, in the first instance, by Mr. Faruqi’s father, Doctor Basharat Ahmad, the father-in-law of Maulvi Mohammad Ali, in his book entitled Mojaddid-i-A’zam , in the course of his discussion on the Promised Messiah’s prophecy with respect to the Muslih Mau’ud. It is possible Mr. Faruqi walked in the footsteps of his father, relying completely on the integrity of his own father in quoting from the works of the Promised Messiah, Mr. Faruqi may not have taken the trouble to check the reference himself. Otherwise, if Mubarak Ahmad had really been taken by the Promised Messiah, to be the Muslih Mau’ud , on the basis of his own Ilhams , it will have