Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 81
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 81 has revealed to me that my paper will be acclaimed superior to all other papers that are read out in the Conference. Its light, truth, wisdom and knowledge will put all other parties in the shade, provided those who come to listen to it will stay from beginning to end. It will not avail the other participants in the Conference to try and set forth anything similar on the basis of their holy books, be they Christians, Sanatanists or Arya Hindus, or others. This is so, because Almighty God has decreed that on that day His Holy Book should reveal its resplendent countenance. I saw in a vision an invisible hand striking at my mansion, at which a shining light shot out and spread in all directions. Some of it fell on my hands. Then someone who stood by proclaimed in a loud voice: 'Allahu Akbar, Kharibat Khaibar' [Great is God, Khaibar is in ruins]. The interpretation of it is, that my mansion which appeared to be the aim and focus of this flood of heavenly light is symbolic of my heart; the light with which the place is flooded is symbolic of the truths of the Holy Quran; and Khaibar is symbolic of religions which are corrupted by false and ungodly ideas and which seek to install man in the place of God and to detract in different ways from the full meaning of His most perfect attributes. It has been revealed to me that when the contents of this paper of mine become widely known, the falsehood of other religions will be exposed and the truth of the Quran will spread all round till it fulfils its destiny. From the state of vision I passed to the state of reception of revelation and received the revelation [Arabic:] 'Ver- ily God is with you, verily God stands where you stand. This was an assurance of Divine help in metaphorical language. I need not write any more. I inform everyone that they should come on the appointed day to listen to my paper even at some personal inconvenience. If they do so the increase in their under- standing and faith will be beyond their expectation. Peace be on those who follow the guidance. Ahmad's paper was to be read at the Conference on 27 December from 1. 30 to 3. 30 p. m. It was read out by Maulvi Abdul Karim and was listened to with rapt attention. By 3. 30 the reading of the answer to the first question had not yet been completed. Maulvi Mubarak Ali of Sialkot, who was scheduled to read out his paper at that time, announced that the time allotted to him for reading his paper might be used