Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 396
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 396 what is the wisdom in declaring a Messenger to be an ummat i? Also, it is evident from the Holy Quran that every Prophet is part of the ummah of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as Allah the Exalted says: 1 َّنُنِمْؤُتَل ٖهِب َوٗهَّنُرُصْنَتَل Thus, in this way, all Prophets, may peace be upon them all, belong to the ummah of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. What then is the meaning or significance of declaring Hadrat ‘ I s a to be an ummat i? Are we to think that—God forbid—he recanted the faith that he had professed along with all the Prophets, and that as a punishment he was brought down to earth again to reaf- firm his faith, whereas for other Prophets their previous affirmation was considered sufficient. Does such frivolous talk not amount to rid- iculing Islam? The matter was clear enough, for just as ‘ I s a appeared at the end of the Jewish line of Khilafat, and the Jews rejected him and refused to believe in him, so was it destined that a Khalifah would be born at the end of the Islamic line of Khilafat whom the Muslims would reject and renounce. This is why he will be called ‘ I s a , for he would be Kh a tamul- Khulaf a ’ [the Seal of the Successors] and also for the fact that he would be rejected just as ‘ I s a was rejected. This is how Allah the Exalted had outlined this similarity in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya in these words: دخا اُےس وبقل رکے اگ اور ڑبے � ی ی ا ےن اُس وک وبقل ہن ک ی ا ل � آ� ی ا رپ د� ز ی ذن� ی ا� ی ی ا م � د� زور آور ولمحں ےس اُس یک اچسیئ اظرہ رکدے اگ. A Warner came unto the world, but the world accepted him not; yet God shall accept him and demonstrate his truthful- ness with mighty assaults. 1. You shall believe in him and help him ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:82). [Publisher]