Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 334
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 334 عفت الدّیار [ ‘afatid-diy a r— ‘ residences will be wiped out’] with respect to the proximity of time just as it relates to it with respect of the purport. And it is that the prophecy about the earthquake had been revealed in clear words five months prior to the prophecy عفت الدّیار [ ‘afatid-di- y a r—‘ residences will be wiped out’] and both prophecies have been published one after the other; i. e. the prophecy: ا �ّ ک ززلہل اك دھ Shock of earthquake. And then: عفت الدیار محلّھا ومقامھا [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out]. Neither of them make any mention of the plague. His Statement— If categorical knowledge was not given about the prophecy الخ عفت الدیار [ ‘afatid-diy a r— residences will be wiped out…] that it pertained to the earthquake, then what benefit did such a reve- lation provide? My Answer— Alas! You know nothing of the practice of Allah. It is not necessary for a Prophet to have definitive knowledge of a particu- lar aspect of a prophecy that it shall necessarily be fulfilled only in this particular way. What is necessary for a prophecy, though, is that its implication should be supernormal, and human prowess or machina- tion or contrivances should not be able to match it; but it is not nec- essary that the true nature of the prophecy should be made known in every respect. In the Torah, there is an important prophecy about our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, but it is worded in general terms, that: