Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 120
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 120 extraordinary manner, because when it was published in Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya, I was in such a state of obscurity that not a single person can claim to have been my follower at that time. But now, by the grace of God Almighty, this Jam a ‘at numbers in the hundreds of thousands and is progressing at an accelerating pace, partly as a result of the heav- enly calamities that are devouring this land. The rest of the divine revelation is as follows: ‘His Holiness Muhammad—the Chosen One—is the Chief of all Prophets. ’ And then God affirms: ‘God will set all your affairs right and will bestow upon you all that you desire. ’ You can see that these prophecies are of the highest order because they were made at a time when nothing was going right and no desire had been fulfilled, but now, twenty-five years later, so many of my desires have been granted as are difficult to count. God has turned this desolate place—that is, Qadian—into a gathering point for people of all countries; for, people from every country come and gather here. And He demonstrated that which reason could never have thought possible. Hundreds of thousands of people accepted me and this country became filled with my followers. And not only that, the seed of the Jam a ‘at was also sown in the land of Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Rome, Persia, America, Europe, etc. and many people from these countries entered into this Jam a ‘at. And I hope that the time comes—indeed it is near— when people of these countries will receive their full share of this heav- enly light as well. My foolish enemies—who were called maulaw i s —were frustrated and they could not stop the heavenly decree from taking its course despite their schemes and machinations, and they lost all hope of being able to destroy this Jam a ‘at. All that they had sought to spoil was set right. ِِّٰ علـٰی ذلك. لل فالحمد [So Allah be praised for all this]. Then, prophesying about the unjustified vilifications that would be levelled against me in the future, God declares me to be Y u suf [ Joseph] by making a specific prophecy. He says: