Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 223
Sub-Footnote Number One 223 1 ُمُهَل ىٰرْشُبْلا يِف ِةوٰيَحْلا اَيْنُّدلا On the other hand, disbelievers and deniers of Islam do not experi- ence true dreams as often—not even a thousandth part of them. This is easily proven by the thousands of true dreams that I had related to hundreds of Muslims and Hindus before they came true, and also by the fact that people of other faiths have failed to match them, as I have always maintained. The other difference is that the dream of a Muslim most often con- tains glad tidings and cheerful news of extraordinary and momentous events, whereas the dream of a disbeliever often revolves around petty and insignificant matters and bespeaks failure and disgrace. Anyone demanding proof of this should ponder over my dreams with a fair mind. And if someone denies it, let him provide accounts of such mag- nificent dreams experienced by [adherents of ] other religions, and prove their truthfulness. Another difference is that the dreams experienced by Muslims are very upright and revealing. A perfect Muslim rarely has baseless and confused dreams, for he is pure of heart and pure of faith and has a true relationship with the One True God. This is in contrast to the deniers of Islam, who, due to their impurity of heart and misguided creeds, are languishing in a sort of filth, and therefore true dreams rarely come their way. Experience also establishes that non-Muslims, who on rare occasions have true dreams, are not among the zealous deniers of Islam, such as priests or pundits, but are simple-minded Hindus or Christians, with no firm faith in their own creed and no spite or ani- mosity towards Islam. Moreover, it has also been frequently observed that true dreams which are sometimes experienced by simple-minded Hindus or Christians are not altogether free from an element of error and ambiguity; rather, they are always characterized by some inaccu- racy, confusion, and exaggeration. 1. For them are glad tidings in the present life ( S u rah Y u nus, 10:65). [Publisher]