Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 427
Sub-Footnote Number Four 427 will know that just as the One True God has bestowed the title Khairul- Umam [the Best of People] upon this ummah, so has He bestowed the greatest excellences on its elders which cannot be concealed in any way, and to deny them is the worst kind of concealment of truth. I would also like to add that it is completely baseless and wrong to allege that there is no proof that the revered Companions received such divine revelations. For, according to authentic a ha d i th, there is ample proof of the great number of revelations and miracles experienced by the revered Companions, Allah be pleased with them. Hadrat Umar’s, Allah be pleased with him, learning of the perilous state of S a riyah’s troops through divine communication has been recorded by al-Baihaq i 1 on the authority of Ibn-e-Umar. What was it, if not divine revelation! Moreover, Hadrat Umar’s words, ة الجبل الجبل ی یا سار [‘O S a riyah! The mountain, the mountain!’] were uttered in Madinah, but were heard by S a riyah and his troops in a far off land through the grace of divine providence. What was it, if not a miraculous Sign! Likewise, certain revelations and visions experienced by Hadrat Ali Murta da , may Allah honour and exalt him, are also very well known. Besides this, I ask: Is the testimony of God Almighty in the Holy Quran in this regard not sufficient for one’s satis- faction? Has He not said regarding the revered Companions: 2 ْمُتْنُك َرْيَخ ٍةَّمُا ْتَجِرْخُا ِساَّنلِل When on one hand, the Almighty God declares the Companions of His Noble Prophet to be better and greater than the past peoples in terms of all excellences, and on the other hand, by way of example He gives an account of the perfect ones of the past peoples, such as Maryam 1. Imam Abu Bakr Ahmad bin H usain al-Baihaq i rta [994–1066 ce] was a re- nowned hadith and fiqh scholar from the Persian region of Khurasan. [Publisher] 2. You are the best people raised for the good of mankind ( S u rah A l-e- ‘Imr a n, 3:111). [Publisher]