Arba'in — Page 82
82 for a Sign, they say that I should pray for their deaths in seven days! They are unaware that God does not conform to self-pro- claimed time frames. He has stated that: 1 َو اَل ُفْقَت اَم َسْيَل َكَل ٖهِب ٌمْلِع And he told His Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 2 َو اَل َّنَلْوُقَت ٍءْياَشِل ْيِّنِا ٌلِعاَف َكِلٰذ اًدَغ So, when our lord, Muhammad, Mu st af a [the Chosen One], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, cannot fix a time limit of a single day of his own accord, how can I announce a time limit of seven days? Maulaw i Ghulam Dastagir fared better than these foolish, unjust maulaw i s that he did not fix any time limit in his book. He only prayed that, ‘O my Lord! If I am not right in rejecting Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, then cause me to die first, and if Mirza Ghulam of Qadian is not truthful in his claim, then cause him to die before me. ’ Soon thereafter, God brought death upon him. Behold, how clearly the matter was decided! If anyone is hesitant in accepting this decision, then he is free 1. And follow not that of which you have no knowledge ( S u rah Ban i Isr a’i l, 17:37). [Publisher] 2. And say not of anything, ‘I am going to do it tomorrow’ ( S u rah al-Kahf, 18:24). [Publisher]