Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 232
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 232 1 ْمَلَا ْمَلْعَت َّنَا َهّٰللا ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق Has this very Benevolent God not Himself taught this ummah to pray: 2 اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع Has He not Himself said: 3 ٌةَّلُث َنِّم َنْيِلَّوَاْلا َو ٌةَّلُث َنِّم َنْيِرِخٰاْلا Understand with full certainty that the Benevolent God is particu- larly gracious towards this blessed ummah, and that right from the beginning He has desired to grant it superiority over other nations in respect of His luminous grace and heavenly light. He has done this so that the enemy dare not ask, ‘What is the difference between you and us,’ and so that its adversaries—may God humiliate them completely— may not, in their instinctive wickedness and mendacity, be able to say that the Holy Prophet, Sayyidu t - T ayyib i n [Noblest of the pure], and his blessed and virtuous progeny and enlightened followers, failed to demonstrate heavenly blessings. Think and deliberate: would it be better for you if you were bereft of heavenly light and had to lead your lives on the basis of old tales like your opponents; or would it be better for you, and an occasion for thanksgiving, if God perpetually chose certain individuals from among you and your religion and granted them a large portion of His light 1. Do you not know that Allah has the power to do all that He wills? ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:107) [Publisher] 2. Guide us in the right path—the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6–7). [Publisher] 3. A large party from among the early Muslims, and a large party from the later ones ( S u rah al-W a qi‘ah, 56:40–41). [Publisher]