Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 338
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 338 My Answer— What shall I say except َ ْن ی ِ لَعْنَة ُ الل ِّٰ عَلَی الْكٰذِب [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]! Such an opponent ought to merely say [as a counter prophecy] that such a calamity will not strike. Just think for yourself: How can this prophecy be deemed ambiguous when the word ‘earthquake’ is clearly present in it, it is also stated that a part of the coun- try will be annihilated, it is also stated that it will occur within my life- time, and with it is also the prophecy that it will be like unto Doomsday for those whom it will afflict? If this is ambiguous, then what else is called a clear prophecy? And saying that there is no indication of time in it, is tantamount to an attack not only Islam but on all heavenly Scriptures. The prophecies of the Holy Quran, in most cases, do not make any mention of time. [Tell me], what time limit did the Torah give for the prophecy about Nebuchadnezzar and Titus of Rome? Similarly, what time stipulation was made in the prophecy that was present in the Torah concerning the advent of a ‘like of M u s a ’? And with regard to the prophecies about earthquakes and wars contained in the Gospel—can you tell what is the stipulation about time with regard to them? And then there is the prophecy about the advent of the Promised Messiah— which you construe to justify bringing Hadrat ‘ I s a ibn Maryam [ Jesus son of Mary] back upon the earth a second time. What is the time frame given to you by God Almighty so that you may take a few steps forward with the intention of welcoming the one coming from so far off—at least proceed up to the extreme cold of the stratosphere if not farther—and take quilts etc. along with you? I wish that you had considered that such objections are not just against me but your objections strike Islam and—God forbid— the Holy Quran itself ! Rather, they constitute an assault on all past Prophets. The essential point is that when a prophecy is extraordinary in itself or comprises of the unseen such that its knowledge is beyond human ken, if the prophecy contains a clear claim that such an event has never happened in this country for centuries, and that it had not in fact happened, and if, then, that event happens as claimed—to raise objections against such an extraordinary prophecy is the wont of the