Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 169
Footnote Number Eleven — Ninth Objection 169 destroyed it in their fervent arrogance. After this verse, He says that for the Christians who showed such arrogance there is disgrace in this world and a great punishment in the Hereafter. 1 َو ْدَقَل اَنْبَتَك يِف ِرْوُبَّزلا ْۢنِم ِدْعَب ِرْكِّذلا َّنَا َضْرَاْلا اَهُثِرَي َيِداَبِع َنْوُحِلّٰصلا And already have We written in the Psalms [of David], after the exhor- tation, that only the righteous shall inherit the land, that is, the land of Syria (Psalms 37). 2 ِلُق َّمُهّٰللا َكِلٰم ِكْلُمْلا يِتْؤُت َكْلُمْلا ْنَم ُءٓاَشَت َو ُعِزْنَت َكْلُمْلا ْنَّمِم ُءٓاَشَتَو ُّزِعُت ْنَم ُءٓاَشَت َو ُّلِذُت 3 ْنَم ُءٓاَشَت١ؕ َكِدَيِب ُرْيَخْلا١ؕ َكَّنِا ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق Say, ‘O Allah the Great, O Lord of sovereignty, You give sovereignty to whomsoever You please and You take away sovereignty from whom- soever You please. You exalt whomsoever You please and You abase whom You will. Every good that man seeks is in Your hand. You have power over everything. ’ 4 ْلُق اَم اُؤَبْعَي ْمُكِب ْيِّبَر ْوَل اَل ْمُكُؤٓاَعُد١ۚ ْدَقَف ْمُتْبَّذَك َفْوَسَف ُنْوُكَي اًماَزِل Say to the disbelievers: ‘If you do not worship God, why would He care for you; yet, instead of obedience and worship, you have chosen to reject, hence the punishment of this is about to befall you. ’ 1. S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:106 [Publisher] 2. The term ‘land of Syria’ refers to the region consisting of the eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt called Levant. Nowadays, it consists of the island of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and part of southern Turkey (the former Aleppo Vilayet). [Publisher] 3. S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:27 [Publisher] 4. S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:78 [Publisher]