Truth Prevails — Page 109
( 109 ) This prophecy appears to have a bearing on the fifth earthquake to be fulfilled in its own good time, when the inhabitants of the earth will say with great contrition, “O Prophet of God, we are the losers, for not having recognised you, and now there is no room for doubt in regard to these things. ” It is rather interesting to speculate, whether on such a day, people like Mr. Faruqi also shall come to yield faith in the Promised Messiah, as a Nabi. These days the main point in the hostile propaganda of the Lahore Section, against Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, is that he has erred by presenting the Promised Messiah as a Nabi. But it would be an extremely interesting situation for Mr. Faruqi and his friends, on the one hand, and for us, on the other, when, speaking in general the whole world shall have accepted the Promised Messiah, at last, as a Nabi. Further on Mr. Faruqi writes: “Then Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad received another Ilham which means: ‘And do not address Me in favour of those mischievous people for they shall be drowned (put to death)’” ( Tazkira , page 607) Now when we open the Holy Quran, we find that Allah had used somewhat similar words to Prophet Noah (xi:37) about his son. Allah had said: ‘Surely he is the doer of other than good deeds. ’ (xi. 46) Similarly Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was also addressed by God about his son, for he is a man of bad character. ” ( Tazkira , page 88) We hope Mr. Faruqi would excuse us if we point out that he has lifted the words ‘Indeed, he is the doer of deeds unrighteous’ out of their proper context in the Ilham , of which they form a part. Moreover his translation ignores the exposition which the Promised Messiah has given in this behalf, and it has interfered with the sense as well, by saying ‘he is a boy with a bad character. ’ (Urdu edition, Truth Triumphs p. 47) These interferences with plain and open texts seem to offer a view that Mr. Faruqi himself has but a poor conception of moral responsibilities, for the full Ilham is: “Will you kill yourself with grief because they do not yield faith. Do not pursue things in regard to which you have no knowledge; and with respect to people who are transgressors, do not say anything to Me. They will be drowned, O Ibrahim, draw yourself away from him; he is not a righteous person. You do but admonish. You are no monitor on them. ” After giving this translation, the Promised Messiah wrote by way of an exposition: “These few verses which have come down in Ilham , on myself, apply to certain people. ” ( Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya. Part IV, page 509, 510)