Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 249
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 249 which has not been witnessed in the world before, and that it might have the quality and character of an earthquake in it. For instance, it might be in the form of a sinkhole in which the earth would be turned upside down without any earthquake being felt, or some other extraordinary calamity might appear which human knowledge has never experienced before. So, the event would, in any case, be a miracle. If, however, such a grievous calamity did not appear—a calamity which would shake the world, which, according to the apparent words of the divine rev- elation, would be of the nature of an earthquake—or, if some ordi- nary event which the world witnesses all the time and which is not extraordinary and unusual and which is not truly cataclysmic, came to pass or if that calamity does not take place in my lifetime, then, you may, by all means and by beating a drum, reject me and consider me a liar. The import of this great calamity is that it would be a reminder of Doomsday and it would end up bringing about instantaneous destruction of the world and would bring thousands of people into my Jam a ‘at [Community]. His Statement— Seeing the opportunity, you applied the statements from Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya to the earthquake too, whereas there is no mention of ‘earthquake’ in those statements. My Answer— This is the same kind of objection that the prejudiced Christian priests level these days against this prophecy of the Holy Quran: 1 ّٓمٓلا ِتَبِلُغ ُمْوُّرلا ْۤيِف ىَنْدَا ِضْرَاْلا َو ْمُه ْۢنِّم ِدْعَب ْمِهِبَلَغ َنْوُبِلْغَيَس 1. Alif L a m M i m [I am Allah, the All-Knowing]. The Romans have been defeat- ed in the land nearby, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious ( S u rah ar-R u m, 30:2–4). [Publisher]