Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 228
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 228 critic who states this revelation of Allah is اك روڑا. اھبن یتم ی ہ ک ٹ � ی ا� یک ی ہ ک ےن ہبنك وجڑا [‘only a hodgepodge derived from various sources’],1 ٭ should realize what he has done to his salvation by attacking the Noble Quran. Nor is this the only example in the Noble Quran where the words of revelation of God Almighty coincided with the words uttered previ- ously by a human being. Many such examples can be given where this happened. For instance, scholars are not unaware that in many places the words of the Holy Quran coincided with the words of Hadrat ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him. And there can be a long list of such examples. What all this shows is that the critic is, in fact, denying the Holy Quran itself, or else he would not have uttered such an inso- lent blasphemy. Can a believer raise an objection against anyone which can — exactly — be levelled against the Holy Quran? God forbid! No; never. Again, the critic takes another issue with the prophecy عَفَت ِ الدِّیار [ ‘afatid-diy a r —‘residences will be wiped out’]. He says that the word عَفَت [ ‘afat —‘wiped out’] is in the past tense, and that it should have been translated to denote the past, whereas it has been translated as applying to the future. The critic raises this objection with great inso- lence as if he has scored a great success in making this hostile attack. Now, which and how many of his deceptions should I expose! Anyone who has read the K a fiyah or Hid a yatun-Na h w knows full well that in Arabic the past tense is at times used to connote the present or future. Indeed, the past tense is more often used for a future event when the speaker is certain that the event is definitely going to occur and wishes to highlight his conviction. 2 ٭ 1. ٭ Although there are thousands of kinds of sin, but the most accursed is one who objects to Almighty God’s Holy Word. An ignorant one is hasty, insolent and relishes in finding fault with God’s Word and he fights with the Holy Being. Yet, he would have been better off dead than that to be guilty of this. (Author) 2. ٭ For example, a person who has been given a large dose of lethal poison says ‘I am dead. ’ The words imply something that has already happened and not