The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 130
130. Essence of Islam-V i. e. , God cleared him of the charge brought against him, and he has a high standing with Allāh. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 242-243]. Among the great signs which God Almighty has shown in my support and which resemble the signs of. Prophethood, is this prophecy recorded in Brāhīn-eAḥmadiyya: يَعْصِمُكَ اللهُ وَإِن لَّمْ يَعْصِمُكَ النَّاسُ - وَإِنْ لَّمْ يَعْصِمُكَ النَّاسُ يَعْصِمُكَ اللهُ **. This prophecy pointed to the time of trials and tribulations when everyone would turn away from me, and would conspire to destroy or assassinate me. And this is what came to pass after I made my claim of being the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. All at once everyone stood up against me, and began to find ways to denounce me with reference to the Holy Quran and. Hadith. But when they failed in this, and it was established from the explicit verses that the Messiah had in fact died, then the Maulavīs started issuing edicts urging my assassination, and began inciting the general public through pamphlets and books by telling them that they could earn great spiritual reward by assassinating me. . . In a frenzy of animosity, they started thinking up every possible scheme that one can think of in order to destroy one's enemy. They conspired secretly and spared no effort in executing their plans. . They exerted all their power and, just like the infidels of Mecca, left no stone unturned to humiliate and de38 Allāh shall shield thee, even though the people will not; and even if the people do not protect thee, Allāh shall protect thee. [Publisher]