Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 355
SuB-Footnote Number Three 355 to be so lowly in their resolve and so misguided in their thinking may be lifted from their hearts. And at this point I would like to repeat that these matters are not such as my humble self cannot give proof of, nor are they based on the testimony of only my own co-religionists. Rather, they are evident truths bearing the testimony of people of other faiths, and even our religious adversaries can bear witness to their truths. I have taken all this pain so that it may become perfectly clear to those who truly seek and strive for the right path that all blessings and lights are confined in and limited to Islam; and so that the penetrating argu- ment of God Almighty may be conclusively established for the pres- ent day generation of heretics; and so that every just man may become aware of the satanic nature of those people who—loving darkness and hating light—deny the lofty status of the Hadrat Kh a tamul-Anbiy a’ [the Seal of the Prophets], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, utter indecencies regarding that holy personage, and falsely slan- der the Best of Men, and who—owing to their extreme inner blindness and faithlessness—fail to realize that he was the only perfect man to have appeared in the world and that his light, like the sun, has always cast its rays upon the world and shall do so forever. And so that by virtue of these truthful writings the greatness and grandeur of Islam is manifested through the admission of the opponents themselves, and so that the way to discover the proof should be opened for the one who sincerely seeks, and the one who prides himself on his intelligence may be rid of his haughtiness. Moreover, another reason for setting out these visions and revela- tions is that it may increase the believers in their faith and grant stead- fastness and comfort to their hearts, and they should understand this true reality with perfect certainty that the faith of Islam is the only right path, and now under heaven there is only one Prophet and only one Book. Meaning that, Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a [the Chosen One], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who is higher and more exalted than all Prophets, is the most perfect and complete of Messengers, is Kh a tamul-Anbiy a ’ [the Seal of the Prophets] and