Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 229
Sub-Footnote Number One 229 On the other hand, is there anyone who can come forward and prove that the same divine light is also to be found among our oppo- nents. Who can show us a person who has rejected the prophethood and supremacy of Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a [the Chosen One], peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the divine origin of the Holy Quran, and yet receives any spiritual blessings and heavenly suc- cour. Is there anyone living from one end of the world to another who can compete with the luminous blessings of the Holy Quran. No, not even a single one. Even the so-called ‘People of the Book’ have nothing but tales to fall back upon. The followers of Hadrat M u s a [Moses] tell us that the staff that Hadrat M u s a used to turn into a snake departed with him, and the followers of Hadrat ‘ I s a [ Jesus] lament that the blessings which enabled Hadrat ‘ I s a to raise the dead, ascended to heaven with him. True, the Christians do claim that the twelve dis- ciples of Hadrat ‘ I s a also used to demonstrate some certain spiritual blessings, but they also acknowledge that those very twelve leaders of the Christian faith took the heavenly light and revelations with them and, thereafter, the doors to heaven were forever sealed. The dove 1 that first descended upon Hadrat Mas ih , and then visited the disciples in the guise of flames of fire, has never descended upon any Christian ever since. In other words, the grain of the heavenly light of faith, which had attracted the heavenly dove, lay only in the hands of those men. Thereafter, the Christians were left only with the trap of worldly gains. Seeing that, the dove flew back to heaven. In short, there is no other means to receive heavenly light except through the Holy Quran. In order to distinguish truth from falsehood forever, and so that falsehood may never be able to prevail over truth, God has blessed the ummah of Muhammad with these two miracles for 1. This refers to the manifestation of the Holy Spirit to Jesus as in the form of a dove during his baptism [ see Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10, Luke 3:22, and John 1:32], and to the twelve disciples in the form of flames during the Pentecost [ see Acts of the Apostles 2:1–4]. [Publisher]