Truth Prevails — Page 89
( 89 ) meaning extracted by the mind of the learned author from the Ilham in question is something so brilliant, out of the common, that even the Promised Messiah failed to dive to such a profound depth. In fact, the person to whom the Ilham was addressed, could not catch the hint intended for him. But Lo, and Behold! The learned author has proved himself sensitive enough in the matter – far more sensitive than even the Promised Messiah himself, to whom it never seems to have occurred that the children he had been blessed with were not pure in mind, and righteous in conduct and behaviour. In fact, in his work entitled Siraj-i-Munir The Promised Messiah wrote quite to the contrary, under prophecy number 17: “This is the prophecy entered in the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya on page 239, which is to the following effect: ‘Allah will complete His blessings on you, that they should constitute a Sign for those who believe. ’ In other words, whatsoever of this life shall come to be conferred on you, they would all be so many Signs, i. e. , what you say shall be a Sign. For instance people saw this in the proceedings of the Conference of Religions held in Lahore, and in the books I have written in Arabic; and my acts, my work, also shall be a Sign, as so many acts of the Lord God Himself, being manifested as such in my favour; and my offspring, too, shall be a Sign, as the Lord promised to bless me with righteous and blessed offspring, and then fulfilled this promise. ” ( Siraj-i-Munir , page 57) Then Mr. Faruqi has said something which is really very curious, to say the least. He sets down the Ilham from Tazkira , page 401, ‘You shall see a long and far off line of descendants,” and he has felt himself impelled to make the following wonderful remarks: “You will see (it) in (still) far off generation. ” “That is, the Promised Muslih is to appear among some future descendants of yours. ” ( Tazkira page 465) Would it be permissible for us to ask one question? How, on what authority does Mr. Faruqi, connect this Ilham , namely, that the Promised Messiah shall see a long line of his descendants, with the advent of the Promised Muslih. Had there been any connection of this kind between the two, the Promised Messiah certainly would not have written in Tiryaqul Qulub : “The Ilham had indicated that four sons would be born and one of these has been described by the Ilham as a stalwart with the qualities of a Messiah. So, with the grace of God, four boys have been born. ” ( Tiryaqul Qulub , page 14) On page 37 of his book Mr. Faruqi has written: “Soon after Mirza Mahmud Ahmad became the Khalifa at Qadian, his ‘kept’ Maulvis (who acted as his scribes and publicity agents)