Arba'in — Page 12
12 then if I am unable to prove with reference to the prophecies of the [earlier] Prophets, may peace be upon them, that, in fact, all those prophecies have been fulfilled or that some of them merit anticipation, and that they are of the same nature as those proph- ecies of the [earlier] Prophets, then, without a doubt, I should be proclaimed a liar in every gathering of people. But if my claims are like those of the Prophets, then whoever calls me a liar has no fear of God Almighty. Some uninformed persons also raise the objection against me that my Jam a‘ at applies the salutation ‘may peace and blessings be upon him’ with my name, and to do so is h ar a m [unlawful]. The response to this is that I am the Promised Messiah, and—setting aside the saying of ‘peace’ or ‘bless- ings’ by others—the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has himself affirmed that whoever meets the Promised Messiah should convey his greetings of peace to him. Further, the words ‘peace and blessings’ for the Promised Messiah are written in hundreds of places throughout the Hadith and all the commentaries of the Hadith. Thus, when the Prophet, peace be upon him, has affirmed this expression for me, the Companions have said it, and even God said it, why has it become h ar a m for my Jam a‘ at to say this phrase for me? The Holy Quran itself applies the two words ‘peace’ and ‘blessings’ universally to all believers. Moreover, Maulaw i Muhammad Husain Batalavi, the pri- mary leader of the opponents, should be questioned that when he wrote the review of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, whether or not he