Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 97
C H AP T E R T WO — FU L F IL M E N T OF PR OPHE C IE S 97 fame throughout the world. Its fulfilment also requires no explanation. The sixth prophecy was that so many people would come to me that I would very nearly tire of them or be impolite to them due to the strain of so much hospitality. The fulfilment of this prophecy is also very apparent. All those who have had occasion to visit Qadian can testify that, actually, at times so many people are gathered here and there is so much coming and going that if I did not have this commandment in mind at all times, I would be in danger of becoming impolite or lax in my duties as a host, owing to the frailty of human nature. To greet everyone cheerfully and to be polite to everyone despite a gathering of hundreds of people cannot be done by every person except with the help of God. The seventh prophecy relates to the A sha bu s - S uffah who have migrated to Qadian; whomsoever wishes may come and see for himself. These are the seven kinds of Signs, each of which comprises within it thousands of Signs. For instance, there is the prophecy: یَأْتِیْك َ مِن ْ كُل ِّ فَج ٍّ عَمِیْق Meaning that, financial and material assistance shall come to me from everywhere and from far-off countries, and letters, too, shall come. Now, therefore, whenever money or clothes or other gifts come from anywhere, each one of them constitutes a Sign in itself, since all this was foretold at a time when human reason considered such abundance of support unthinkable and impossible. Similarly, there is another prophecy: یَأْتُوْن َ مِن ْ كُل ِّ فَج ٍّ عَمِیْق Meaning that, people would throng to me from far-off places, so that the roads they travel upon would be rutted. This prophecy has also been fulfilled in these times. Accordingly, several hundreds of thou- sands of people have visited Qadian, and if I also include the letters