Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 145
C H AP T E R T WO — FU L F IL M E N T OF PR OPHE C IE S 145 This also signifies that just as the mortal enemies—of all past Prophets, may peace be upon them—who had transgressed every limit in their vehement opposition were destroyed with all kinds of chastise- ment, the same sort of fate would befall the majority of people today if they fail to repent, for they resemble these earlier opponents of the Prophets. The divine revelation asserts that this age is the culmination of all good as well as all evil, so that if God does not have mercy on the mischievous people of this age, they will deserve all the torments that have afflicted the mischievous peoples of past ages. In other words, all those chastisements can converge in this age, and as people from among the nations of the past perished—some from plague, some from light- ening, some from earthquakes, some from floods, some from storms of tempestuous winds, and some from the ground sinking—so should the people of this age be wary of such chastisements if they fail to reform themselves. Most people are deserving of all this and it is only divine mercy that has granted them respite. And this sentence: نبیاء ل جری الل ّٰ فی حُلَل ِ ا [The Messenger of God in the mantle of all the past Prophets, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon them. ] requires a lengthy discourse, which this fifth part cannot contain. Suffice it say that there is in me a share of the habits, characteristics, and events related to all past Prophets. Therefore, just as God has shown His help for the Prophets of the past in diverse ways, He has shown similar Signs for me, and will continue to do so. And the Prophets I speak of are not only those belonging to the Israelites; rather, I share in the paradigms and incidents of all Prophets who have lived through- out the entire world, including the Prophet who appeared among the Hindus by the name of Krishna. It is unfortunate that just as mischie- vous people accused D a w u d of sin and debauchery, so did they do with Krishna; and just as D a w u d was God’s champion and was very brave and God loved him, so was Krishna in A ryah Varta.