Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 140
140 Argument 3—Personal Purity The proof of the sun is the sun. I have shown that this is the age in which the Promised Reformer was to appear. I have also shown that, according to the testimony of the Holy Prophet of Islam s as , this Reformer would be none other than the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. Today, the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement is the only claimant to this office. To deny him and his claims is to deny God’s eternal practice and to ignore the prophecies of the Holy Prophet s as. I will now proceed to enumerate arguments that go to prove that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as is true in his claim and that he has been sent by God. The first argument I wish to submit is the tes - timony of his own purity and piety. I do not speak of personal purity in the sense in which it is described in earlier scriptures, but as laid down by the Holy Quran in support of its own truth. Allah says: َو اَذِا ىٰلْتُت ْمِهْيَلَع اَنُتاَيٰا ٍتٰنِّيَب١ۙ َلاَق َنْيِذَّلا اَل َنْوُجْرَي اَنَءٓاَقِل ِتْئا ٍنٰاْرُقِب ِرْيَغ ۤاَذٰه ْوَا ُهْلِّدَب١ؕ ْلُق اَم ُنْوُكَي ْۤيِل ْنَا ٗهَلِّدَبُا ْنِم ِئٓاَقْلِت ْيِسْفَن١ۚ ْنِا ُعِبَّتَا اَّلِا اَم ىٰۤحْوُي َّيَلِا١ۚ ْۤيِّنِا ُفاَخَا ْنِا ُتْيَصَع ْلُق ْوَّل َءٓاَش ُهّٰللا اَم ٗهُتْوَلَت ْمُكْيَلَع َو ۤاَل ْمُكىٰرْدَا ٖهِب١ۖٞ ْدَقَف ُتْثِبَل ْيِّبَر َباَذَع ٍمْوَي ٍمْيِظَع۰۰ 1 ْمُكْيِف اًرُمُع ْنِّم ٖهِلْبَق١ؕ اَلَفَا َنْوُلِقْعَت۰۰ And when Our clear Signs are recited unto them, those who look not for the meeting with Us say, ‘Bring a Quran other than this or change it. ’ Say, ‘It is not for me to change it of my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed, I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of