Truth Prevails — Page 111
( 111 ) members of the Movement were to fan out all over the world, carrying solace and peace of mind, in an adequate and proper conception of human life, emanating from the blessings of the Holy Prophet Mohammad himself. Ejection of the Yazidis Mr. Faruqi writes: Then again Hazrat Mirza Sahib received another Ilham about Qadian (the town where he lived): ‘People having natures like Yazid would be born in this town’. ( Tazkira , page 181). Now Yazid (son of Mu’awiya) was the second Khalifa of the Omayyad Dynasty, with capital at Damascus (Syria). He was istrumental in introducing a secular and absolute monarchy amongst the Muslims, and was guilty of killing Hazrat Imam Hussain (grandson of the Holy Prophet). So the Ilham refers to a time when a Khalifa like Yazid would appear amongst the Ahmadiyya community, who would of course claim to be a Holy one, but would actually be a worldly person. Then circumstances would arise which would cause this Yazid-like Khalifa and his followers to be driven out of Qadian. This is corroborated by another Ilham of Hazrat Mirza Sahib saying: ‘The Evil Spirits of Damascus’ so that just like Yazid was the evil spirit of Damascus, so would a similar evil spirit be born in Qadian. (Truth Triumphs page 47, 48) This quotation is rather a nice example of a serious mucking up of a number of Ilhams , of several passages in writing, to produce a series of mucked up meaning, which is seen to stand in contradiction of the meaning attached to certain Ilhams by the Promised Messiah himself. He put this Ilham in Izala-i-Auham , then in a footnote gave a brief exposition of its meaning as follows: “This small township of Qadian, due to the fact that mostly it is inhabited by people characterised by qualities like those of Yazid, has a strong affinity with Damascus. ” (Pages 71, 72) Again the Promised Messiah put down the Ilham under reference and wrote further: “Allah is well aware; and He bears first hand witness to the fact that He has likened Qadian to Damascus; and in regard to its inhabitants He has said they, by nature and temperament, are like Yazid, i. e. , the majority of people living here, are like Yazid in their nature. ” We see here that the Promised Messiah clearly applies the Ilham to the Yazid-like inhabitants of the township in his own early days. One literal meaning of the word “ ukhrija ” is to get driven out. Taken to be embodying a prophecy, the Ilham would mean that the people with a psychology like this, shall come to be driven out of the place.