Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 373
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 373 known to me at the time of the publication of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya , then, even though I was not ordained to publish it, I would still have done all in my power to inform the people about its true purport, out of sympathetic consideration for mankind. His Statement— This is a strange excuse, worse than the charge it is intended to explain, that not only the ordinary people, but also the Prophets, may Allah be pleased with them, commit errors in interpret- ing prophecies! My Answer— It is these things that prove dishonesty being your pro- fession. I know well that you are not a suckling infant. You are not so ignorant of the knowledge of hadith as should be called an ignoramus of the first order. You are not insane whose senses are not stable at all. Is it dishonesty or something else that you deny that Prophets, may peace be upon them, can commit an error in interpretation. Everyone knows that, without a doubt, an error can be made. But they cannot be allowed to persist in that error forever. I have written much about it in this very Supplement, there is no need to reiterate. His Statement— Whenever the charge against you of a prophecy turning out to be false is established, you try to refute the objection with the same excuse. My Answer— O Maulaw i ! May God guide you aright and bring the day when your eyes open up. Like the person who has a large carbun- cle on the back of his neck—and because of it, he is always leaning towards the earth and is unable to lift his gaze towards the sky—you, are deprived of heavenly light and do not benefit from it. To this day, God Almighty has manifested more than 10,000 Signs in my support which have been fulfilled like a bright day, but according to you every