Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 654
654 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION And then again, after naming me Mūsā, in the same Barāhīn-e- Ahmadiyya, God Almighty said: ولَمَّا تَجَلَّى رَبُّهُ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُ دَكَّا وَّ خَرَّ مُوْسٰى صَعِقًا [And when his Lord manifested Himself on the mountain, He broke it into pieces and Mūsā fell down unconscious. ] But since God Almighty began with tender grace and demonstrated His forbearance in full, I was, therefore, named Ibn-e-Maryam, who suffered at the hands of his people; he was severely tormented and persecuted and dragged into the courts; and he was maligned as a disbeliever, an impos- tor, an accursed one, and a dajjāl; but not content with this they further sought to murder him. However, since he was the Elect of God and of those who always have God by their side, those wicked people could not extinguish the light He radiated. Thus, God, who accomplishes everything gradually, first of all designated me as ‘Īsā Ibn-e-Maryamas for this age, for it was necessary that in my early days I should be perse- cuted by the people like Ibn-e-Maryamas and should be called kafir, the accursed and dajjal and that I should be dragged into courts. Thus, to be Ibn-e-Maryam was my first stage; however, in the records of God, I am not only named ‘Īsā Ibn-e-Maryamªs. I also have other names which Allah the Exalted made me write down with my own hands twenty-six years ago in Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya. There has been no Prophet in the world whose name has not been bestowed upon me. Thus has God said in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya that I am Adamas, I am Nūḥas [Noah], I am Ibrāhīmªs [Abraham], I am Isḥāqªs [Isaac], I am Ya‘qūbªs [Jacob], I am Ismā‘īlas [Ishmael], I am Mūsāªs [Moses], I am Dāwūdas [David], I am ‘Īsā Ibn-e-Maryamªs [Jesus son of Mary], I am Muḥammadsa by way of reflection since God bestowed all these names upon me in that book and called me: جَرِيُّ اللَّهِ فِي حُلَلِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ Meaning: the Messenger of God in the mantles of all the Prophets.