Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 282
282 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad through the revelation: ابراء , i. e. to exonerate. These are God’s matters of the unseen. Is it within the power of man to make a prophecy in this way? Is it possible for a human being to provide an entire illustration of what would transpire at a time when there were no signs and traces of this case? The Sign of Lekhram Moving on, the sign of Lekhram could be likened to an unsheathed sword. Five years in advance, announcements were published by the parties involved in which a prophecy was made. Even Lekhram himself would relate the prophecy wherever he went. This prophecy contained no condition and was perfectly straightfor- ward. If Lekhram had lived, undoubtedly, an uproar would have erupted. But this could only happen if what I had said was not from God; in which case, the end would have spelled humiliation for me. Would Muhammad Husain have re- mained silent? Even now, when this sign has been fulfilled and hundreds and thousands of people have accepted the truth of this prophecy, he states that some member of my community probably murdered him. It is a pity that such people fail to understand that what sort of a blind follower could continue to believe in a spiritual leader who encourages them to commit murder? How could people believe in a spiritual leader who claims that his prophecies are a criterion for his truthfulness, but at the same time he instructs his followers to employ unlawful means to fulfil his own prophecies? Shameful indeed are such notions. Those people who entertain such an idea, in essence, seek to disgrace our good- natured, just and vigilant government as well. The government left no stone unturned in this matter and led a full-scale inquiry into the matter of Lekhram, but the mantle of my community and I were proven completely free and clean from the stain of this blood. Such people do not understand: did Lekhram murder my father or grandfa- ther? He did not inflict any sort of harm or injury upon my own person directly. He did, however, make insolent attacks against the holy personage of the Noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and dishonoured him in such ways that my heart began to palpitate and I was extremely grieved. I pre- sented his disrespects and impertinences before God with a broken heart, and as a recompense for Lekhram’s insolence and disrespect, God conferred upon me a prophecy about him. In the very same prophecy, his death, the time of his death