Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 369
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 369 Ishtih a r that prior to the occurrence of the earthquake on 4 April 1905, my mind had not moved to realize—as is understood from the literal words of ‘the rending asunder of a mountain’—that the prophecies of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya did in fact mean ‘earthquake’. And there is an argument for it too that the translation of both of these prophecies as is in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, has not been done literally either. This is why in the Ishtih a r of 21st April 1905, which was composed after 4 April 1905, I openly admitted that for twenty-five years I could not designate the prophecy recorded in both places in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya which is: 1 فلمّا تجلّٰی ربّہ للجبل specifically to be about an earthquake. However, it became clear after the earthquake of 4th April 1905 that it was about this very earth- quake. And this is the fact that is established by my Ishtih a r of 21 April 1905. As against this announcement, the claim that Maulaw i Muhammad H usain has falsely forged against me and the statement of his own which he has attributed to me, is given below once again. Here it is: ‘I had been given the information from God with great clarity that the prophecy in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya referred to an earthquake. Nonetheless, I concealed it due to the fear of abuse and distrust by peo- ple and did not render and publish the Urdu translation of the Arabic. By so doing I committed a great sin against God and persisted and per- severed in this very sin for twenty-five years. ’ Now let the readers decide in all fairness whether or not in this statement, that Maulaw i Sahib has attributed to me is opposed to the text of my announcement of 21st April 1905, which I have cited above. In the aforementioned announcement I had clearly written that, prior 1. When God shall manifest His Glory on the mountain, He will cause it to break asunder ! [Publisher]