Truth Prevails — Page 85
( 85 ) to take the place of Mubarak’ – indicated that the son destined to become the Muslih Mau’ud was to be a fifth son, yet to be born. But the Promised Messiah never said Mubarak Ahmad was the Muslih Mau’ud , neither on the basis of any identification made in some Ilham , nor on the basis of his own understanding and ijtihad. Therefore the Ilham just quoted above cannot be said to have any bearing on the question of the identity of the Muslih Mau’ud. Thus we come to the final position of this prophecy, that the Muslih Mau’ud now was to be one of the three sons left after Mubarak Ahmad had passed away. Mr. Faruqi’s Genius for Mixing Up Thread Ends Walking in the footsteps of his father, Mr. Faruqi first made an interpolation in a passage in Tiryaqul Qulub , to the effect that the Promised Messiah had believed Mirza Mubarak Ahmad, the fourth son, was the Muslih Mau’ud. But seeing that Mubarak Ahmad had died in early boyhood, he then takes up the position that the Muslih Mau’ud was to come among the distant descendants of the Promised Messiah, in probably the remote future, and by holding this view, he is contradicting his own earlier conclusions that the Muslih Mau’ud was to be in the immediate first generation, or in the fourth (Truth Triumphs, page 30). He makes a reference to an Ilham in Tazkira , page 691, to the effect that “All the victory was to come after him, the manifestor of truth and dominance, even as though Allah Himself had come down from the heavens”, and proceeds to conclude on this basis: “All glory will come after his advent. He will be the personification of Truth and Uprightness, as if Allah had descended from the Heaven. ” ( Tazkira , Page 691) “Hazrat Mirza Sahib indicates in his book Tazkirat al-Shahadatain as to when that victory of faith and religion will come… And three hundred years from today will not have passed, when those Muslims and Christians who are awaiting the second advent of Jesus Christ, will become utterly disappointed and will forsake the idea. Then there would be only one predominant religion, and one guide (The Holy Prophet Mohammad). I have come to sow the seeds and I have done it. Now the plants will grow and flourish and there is none who can prevent this. ” (Truth Triumphs, Page 33) After quoting this passage, Mr. Faruqi proceeds to draw the conclusion: “This statement indicates that the Promised Muslih will be the Mojaddid of the sixteenth century Hijrah, and at his hands the complete dominance of Islam will be accomplished. Allah, of course, knows best. ” It is surprising that, according to the statements and writings of the Promised Messiah, the Ilhami promise of God was that the Muslih Mau’ud was to be born within a period of nine years. But on page 30 of his book, Mr.