Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 390
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 390 me of the secrets of the unseen. There is no God beside Him. And it is certain that He will cause this Movement to flourish and advance and thrive until He demonstrates the distinction between the holy and the unholy. Every opponent may do everything in his power to annihilate this Movement, and strive tooth and nail and then see who ultimately triumphs: him or God? Before this, how hard did Ab u Jahl and Ab u Lahab and their comrades strive to annihilate the truth—but where are they now? Is there any trace now of the Pharaoh who wished to kill M u s a ? So know for certain that the truthful cannot perish. He is surrounded by an army of angels [to protect him]. Unfortunate is the one who does not recognize him. Think for yourself: What happened to your reformer [i. e. Nawwab Siddique Hasan Khan of Bhopal] whom you had given the title of Mujaddid? If this had indeed been his title in Heaven, then, in keeping with his own statement published in H ijajul-Kir a mah, he would have lived twenty-five years into this century, but he died at the very onset of the century, and the one whom you call a liar has seen through almost a quarter of the century. For the sake of God alone, I once again remind you that though it is the wont of all those who oppose any Prophet to claim that no miracle was worked at his hands, and that none of his prophecies was fulfilled—just as we read in Jewish literature with regard to Hadrat ‘ I s a, and this indeed is what we find written in the Christian literature with regard to our Prophet, may peace and blessing of Allah be upon him— but I give you good advice that, even now, abandoning beastly ways, you should carry out investigations with regard to me. First of all, you can ask me for the scriptural proof as to whether it is necessary for the Messiah of this Ummah to appear from within this very Ummah. Secondly, you should ascertain how many Signs have appeared from me in support of my claim. As for the claim that a certain prophecy was not fulfilled, this is