Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 380
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 380 then five very dignified, pleasing, and handsome personages came into my vision—namely, the Messenger of God, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, Hadrat Ali ra , Hasnain ra [ H asan ra and H usain ra ], and F at imah az-Zahr a ’, may Allah be pleased with all of them. One of them, and as I recall it was Hadrat F at imah, may Allah be pleased with her, out of great affection and kindness like a loving mother, placed this humble one’s head upon her thigh. Then, I was given a book con- cerning which I was told, ‘It is a commentary on the Quran, which has been compiled by Ali and now Ali bestows this commentary upon you. ’ فالحمد لل ّٰ علٰی ذٰلك [So Allah be praised for all this]. Thereafter, this revelation was received: لین. ه انك علی صراط مستقیم. فاصدع بما تؤمر و اعرض عن الجا You are on the right path. So, proclaim widely that which you are commanded and stay away from the ignorant ones. ذا لمکرمکرتموہ فی ه ذا. ان ه وقالوا لوال نزل علی رجل من قریتین عظیم. وقالوا انی لك م ال یبصرون. ه المدینۃ. ینظرون الیك و They will say, ‘Why has it not descended upon some great learned scholar from the other [two] cities?’ They will also ask, ‘From where have you obtained this status? This is a stratagem that you have devised together in the town. ’ They look towards you but do not see; meaning, they are unable to recognize you. تاہلل لقد ارسلنا الی امم من قبلك فزین لھم الشیطان. We call Ourself to witness that We have raised many perfect auliy a’ [friends of Allah] among the followers of [the Holy Prophet] Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, but Satan corrupted the path of their followers; that is, many innovations were commingled and the straight path of the Quran was not preserved amongst them.