Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 96
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 96 prophecy He informed me of so long ago. 1 Who can deny this magnificent prophecy in the context of such a situation and condition, particularly when the same book also contains the prophecy that there would be dangerous opposition by people who will expend every effort to obstruct this Jam a ‘at, but God would frustrate them in all their designs? Again, it was also prophesied in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya that God would not relent until the pure were made distinct from the impure. By narrating these facts, I do not mean to address those whose hearts are devoid of the fear of God and who imagine, as it were, that they are never going to die—they distort the words of God Almighty. On the contrary, I am addressing those who fear Allah the Exalted, believing that death is inevitable and that the doors of death are well-nigh approaching because the one who fears God cannot be so arrogant. Let them reflect if making such a prophecy twenty-five years ago could be the product of human capability and conjec- ture on top of the situation of being completely unknown and accompanied by another prophecy that people would oppose, but they would be frustrated. Prophesying the failure of oppo- nents and one’s own success is an extraordinary achievement. Should you entertain any doubt in accepting this, then cite a precedent. I challenge you to cite an instance of an impostor from the time of Adam to the present day who made such proph- ecies 25 years in advance while he was still in a state of ano- nymity, and they came to be fulfilled in such a brilliant man- ner. If any person can produce such a precedent, this entire [Ahmadiyya] Movement and all this work shall stand refuted. But who can refute the work of Allah the Exalted? To reject, ridicule, and deny without any justification is the practice of 1. Al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 31, p. 8, 9, dated 10 September 1906