Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 559
Miscellaneous Notes 559 calamity; then is the state of despair; and then the dark time of calam- ity; and then the dawn of the mercy of Allah. These are the five times that are symbolized in the five [daily] prayers. 1 اَهُّيَاٰۤي َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا َمِل َنْوُلْوُقَت اَم اَل َنْوُلَعْفَت َرُبَك اًتْقَم َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ْنَا اْوُلْوُقَت اَم اَل َنْوُلَعْفَت 2 َو ْنَم ُمَلْظَا ِنَّمِم ىٰرَتْفا ىَلَع ِهّٰللا اًبِذَك ْوَا َبَّذَك ٖهِتٰيٰاِب a [Publisher’s Note: The following are some objections and some facts that have been found in the Promised Messiah’s as notes that he had written with regard to this article. He had intended to refute these objections and to shed light on these facts on the basis of the teachings of the Holy Quran. Similarly, some issues seem to have been taken from a Buddhist book that was under his review at that time and regarding which he wanted to write something. ] 1. What is so novel in the revealed books that was not known before? 2. What scientific enigma have the Prophets solved that until then was unsolved? 3. The Prophets told nothing about the nature and substance of the soul, nor gave much of a description of the afterlife, nor could they 1. O ye who believe! Why do you say what you do not do? Most hateful is it in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do ( S u rah a s - S aff, 61:3–4). [Publisher] 2. And who is more unjust than he who forges a lie against Allah or gives the lie to His Signs? Surely, the unjust shall not prosper ( S u rah al-An‘ a m, 6:22). [Publisher]