Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 374
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 374 one of the prophecies has turned out to be false, and, in your estima- tion, I have been making excuses as if to make falsehood appear true. Now here too, what can I say other than َ ْن ی ِ لَعْنَة ُ الل ِّٰ عَلَی الْكٰذِب [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]? Anyone who stays in my company even for 40 days does witness one Sign of God Almighty or another. It is for this reason that thou- sands of people have inclined this way, and despite your malice and miserliness and continuous babble, a whole world has come to me and continues to come. No harm could be caused by the air blowing from your mouth. God caused the solar and lunar eclipses in the heaven for me, but according to you the hadith [which prophesied these hap- penings] is erroneous. I came at the head of the 14th century, and by the grace of God and in accordance with the conditions set down by the Traditions, I have already lived for a quarter of a century; but, in your estimation, this hadith also is erroneous! It was also written that plague would strike—and strike forcefully—when the Promised Messiah would appear, but even this hadith is false in your eyes. It was written that a Sign would appear in the sun—and this has appeared and can be viewed with a telescope—but in your eyes even this hadith is false. And it was mentioned in hadith that in those days the Star of Dhus-Sin i n [comet] will rise. Accordingly, that star did rise long ago but, according to you, this hadith, too, is erroneous. And it was writ- ten that the Promised Messiah would be from this very Ummah and would appear towards the east of Damascus but, according to you, this hadith too is erroneous. And it was written that in the time of the Promised Messiah the she camels would be rendered useless—and, in it, there was an indication that trains would run between Mad i nah and Makkah, but, according to you, this hadith too is erroneous! Thus, when, in your estimation, the a ha d i th of the Messenger, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, are erroneous, then why