Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 56
56 ْلُق اَمَّنِا َمَّرَح َيِّبَر َشِحاَوَفْلا اَم َرَهَظ اَهْنِم َو اَم َنَطَب َو َمْثِاْلا َو َيْغَبْلا ِرْيَغِب ِّقَحْلا َو ْنَا اْوُكِرْشُت َو ِّلُكِل ٍةَّمُا ٌلَجَا١ۚ اَذِاَف َءٓاَج ِهّٰللاِب اَم ْمَل ْلِّزَنُي ٖهِب اًنٰطْلُس َّو ْنَا اْوُلْوُقَت ىَلَع ِهّٰللا اَم اَل َنْوُمَلْعَت۰۰ ْۤيِنَبٰي َمَدٰا اَّمِا ْمُكَّنَيِتْاَي ٌلُسُر ْمُكْنِّم َنْوُّصُقَي ْمُهُلَجَا اَل َنْوُرِخْاَتْسَي۠ ًةَعاَس َّو اَل َنْوُمِدْقَتْسَي۰۰۠ 51 ْمُكْيَلَع ْيِتٰيٰا١ۙ ِنَمَف ىٰقَّتا َو َحَلْصَا اَلَف ٌفْوَخ ْمِهْيَلَع َو اَل ْمُه َنْوُنَزْحَي۰۰ Say, ‘My Lord has only forbidden foul deeds, whether open or secret, and sin and wrongful transgression, and that you associate with Allah that for which He has sent down no authority, and that you say of Allah that of which you have no knowledge. ’ And for every people there is a term, and when their term is come, they cannot remain behind a single moment, nor can they get ahead of it. O children of Adam! if Messengers come to you from among yourselves, rehearsing My Signs unto you, then whoso shall fear God and do good deeds, on them shall come no fear nor shall they grieve. It is evident from these verses that Prophets will continue to appear from amongst this ummah, for, in speaking of the ummah of the Holy Prophet s as , Allah says that if Prophets come to you, you must accept them, otherwise, you will suffer torment. It is futile to point to the word ‘if ’ and say that it makes the whole thing conditional and uncertain because the same word was used at the time of Adam’s expulsion from paradise. However, even if it is considered to be conditional, it does not close the door to prophethood, for it would be against Divine wisdom to speak of the possibility of something that He has completely forbidden. Besides evidence from the Holy Quran, the Traditions also support the view that the door to prophethood has not been completely shut. This is why the Holy Prophet s as has repeatedly