The Verdict of the Quran and Sunnah — Page 30
30 A Review of the Booklet ‘ Fai s lah A p Kare in ’—Judge for Yourself It is absolutely true that blessings similar to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah descend here. The Promised Messiah as himself has said: The land of Qadian is now honoured, By crowds of people it is a holy land. ( Man s ab-e-Khilafat, p. 33, by Mirz a Bash i rud-D i n Ma h m u d Ahmad ra ) Third Excerpt: The names of three cities are mentioned in the Holy Quran: Makkah; Madinah; and Qadian. ( Khutbah Ilhamiyyah , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 16, p. 20, footnote) These above-noted statements are only partial excerpts. Further, B a w a Sahib did not disclose that the third excerpt, from Khutbah Ilhamiyyah [ The Revealed Sermon ], narrates a vision, and is not the speech of the Promised Messiah as [but that of God Almighty]. He attempts to give readers the impression that comparing the blessings which descend in Qadian to those of Makkah and Madinah is somehow disrespectful to those two holy cities. Someone filled to the brim with prejudice may argue such things, but it would not be difficult for a well-meaning person to take note that much greater honour has been assigned to Ch a chra n Shar i f, homeland of Hadrat Khaw a jah Ghul a m Far i d rh. In fact, the following belief, presented by one his followers in poetic form, is commonly known in the Siraiki area: