The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 137
Extraordinary Renown and Divine Succour 137 and it was ridiculous even to speak of these things at that time, and my own worth was no more than that of a mustard seed. Is there anyone among you who can belie this statement? Who among you can prove that even a single one of these thousands of people was with me at that time? I was completely unknown when Brāhin-e-Ahmadiyya was published. This book was printed in a press in Amritsar which was owned by a Christian clergyman named Rajab ‘Alī. I would travel all alone to Amritsar to check the proofs and come back alone, and no one would even ask me who. I was, nor did anyone know me, nor did I enjoy any honourable position. Even the Aryas of Qadian are witness to these things, and one of them, Sharampat by name, still lives in Qadian. He would at times accompany me to Padre Rajab ‘Ali's press in Amritsar where my book Brāhin-e-Ahmadiyya was being printed. All the prophecies were transcribed by Rajab 'Ali's scribe, and he himself would read those prophecies, soliloquising and wondering all the while as to how it could be possible that a whole world would turn towards such an ordinary man. But because those words were from God, and not of my own making, they came true in their own good time and continue to do so. At one time people's eyes regarded them with astonishment, and at another time they beheld their fulfilment. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, part 5, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 21, pp. 79-80]. Look, God has caused a whole world to turn towards me;. He found me a non-entity, and gave me universal fame. . He fulfilled all that I desired;