Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 151
C H AP T E R T WO — FU L F IL M E N T OF PR OPHE C IE S 151 This division indicates that the Promised Messiah would encounter three kinds of people in the course of his mission: (1) First, he would encounter a people who had lost the Sun of Guidance and are wallow- ing in a muddy and dark pool; (2) His second encounter would be with a people who are sitting in the sun stark naked; that is, they do not adopt good manners or modesty or humility, and goodwill. They are worshippers of the letter and form and seem as if ready to fight the Sun. Thus, they too are deprived of the benefit of the Sun, and they would only get their skins burnt from the Sun. This refers to the Muslims among whom the Promised Messiah appeared, but they denied him and opposed him and did not behave with modesty and good manners, and failed to benefit from thinking well of him. They, therefore, were deprived of good fortune. Then, Allah the Exalted further says in the Holy Quran: ٍذِٕىَمْوَي َنْيِرِفٰكْلِّل اَضْرَع َنْيِذَّل۟ا ْتَناَك ْمُهُنُيْعَا ْيِف ٍءٓاَطِغ ْنَع ْيِرْكِذ َو اْوُناَك اَل َنْوُعْيِطَتْسَي۠ اًعْمَس ْيِّبَر اًّقَح َو اَنْكَرَت ْمُهَضْعَب ٍذِٕىَمْوَي ُجْوُمَّي ْيِف ٍضْعَب َّو َخِفُن يِف ِرْوُّصلا ْمُهٰنْعَمَجَف اًعْمَج َّو اَنْضَرَع َمَّنَهَج ُهْوُرَهْظَّي َو اَم اْوُعاَطَتْسا ٗهَل اًبْقَن َلاَق اَذٰه ٌةَمْحَر ْنِّم ْيِّبَّر اَذِاَف َءٓاَج ُدْعَو ْيِّبَر ٗهَلَعَج َءٓاَّكَد١ۚ َو َناَك ُدْعَو اَذِا ىٰواَس َنْيَب ِنْيَفَدَّصلا َلاَق اْوُخُفْنا١ؕ ىّٰۤتَح اَذِا ٗهَلَعَج اًراَن١ۙ َلاَق ْۤيِنْوُتٰا ْغِرْفُا ِهْيَلَع اًرْطِق اَمَف اْۤوُعاَطْسا ْنَا اًّدَس َلاَق اَم ْيِّنَّكَم ِهْيِف ْيِّبَر ٌرْيَخ ْيِنْوُنْيِعَاَف۠ ٍةَّوُقِب ْلَعْجَا ْمُكَنْيَب َو ْمُهَنْيَب اًمْدَر ْيِنْوُتٰا َرَبُز ِدْيِدَحْلا١ؕ ىّٰۤتَح ِنْيَنْرَقْلا َّنِا َجْوُجْاَي َو َجْوُجْاَم َنْوُدِسْفُم يِف ِضْرَاْلا ْلَهَف ُلَعْجَن َكَل اًجْرَخ ىٰۤلَع ْنَا َلَعْجَت اَنَنْيَب َو ْمُهَنْيَب َّمُث َعَبْتَا اًبَبَس ىّٰۤتَح اَذِا َغَلَب َنْيَب ِنْيَّدَّسلا َدَجَو ْنِم اَمِهِنْوُد اًمْوَق١ۙ اَّل َنْوُداَكَي َنْوُهَقْفَي اًلْوَق اْوُلاَق اَذٰي 1. َبِسَحَفَا َنْيِذَّلا اْۤوُرَفَك ْنَا اْوُذِخَّتَّي ْيِداَبِع ْنِم ْۤيِنْوُد َءٓاَيِلْوَا١ؕ ۤاَّنِا اَنْدَتْعَا َمَّنَهَج َنْيِرِفٰكْلِل اًلُزُن Dhul-Qarnain —the Promised Messiah—would then follow another extreme excess. It will not benefit from the light with humility and meekness and submissiveness; rather, like one dazzled, will stand before the light naked as if to confront and contest. The third group, however, will be in the moder- ate state. They will desire from the Promised Messiah that they may be saved from the onslaughts of Ya ’ j u j and Ma ’ j u j [Gog and Magog]. The words Ya’j u j and Ma’j u j are derived from the root word aj i j, which means people who are well versed in the use of fire. (Author) 1. S u rah al-Kahf, 18:93–103 [Publisher]