Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 74
NU S R AT U L- H AQ Q — HE L P OF G OD 74 be pleased with him, the ijm a ‘ [consensus] of all the Companions had been established that all Prophets had passed away. This is exactly what the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, understood from the verse: 1 َو اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا Meaning that, all Messengers have passed away. Was Hadrat ‘ I s a not a Messenger that he should have been exempted from death? To follow the thinking of the Dark Age despite this con- sensus [of the Companions], is far removed from honesty. This was also the very doctrine of Im a m M a lik rta that Hadrat ‘ I s a [ Jesus] had passed away. Since this was the belief of the predecessor of the Imams, then the same must be the belief of the others. As for past divines who had erred in understanding this truth, their error is worthy of overlooking in the estimation of God Almighty, for there were many such mysteries in this religion that remained concealed during the Medieval Period. However, it was essential for all such errors to be exposed during the time of the Promised Messiah since he would come as the H akam [Arbiter]. Had such errors not crept in during the interim period, the coming of—and the waiting for—the Promised Messiah would have been useless because the Promised Messiah is a Mujaddid [Reformer] and Mujaddids only come to correct errors. How could he whom the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had named the H akam, be the H akam if no rectification was brought about at his hand? This is indeed the truth; blessed be those who accept it and fear God. Returning again to our previous subject, I say that the miracles and marvels that the masses have attributed to Hadrat ‘ I s a are contrary to the way of Allah. Just as one group has taken themselves to one extreme 1. And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145). [Publisher]