The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 6
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 6 Testifying to this, Fateh Ali Shah, the Deputy Collector, as well as many other notables who number close to 4,000, prepared an attested petition bearing out the manifest fulfilment of the prophecy, despite the fact that they belonged to the party of our opponents. Yet the impious people, who are maulaw i s only in name, refuse to acknowledge the fulfilment of the prophecy. The hand-written testimonies of their own elite are on record and the petition has been signed by several Hindus as well. Prejudice, however, is such a thing as renders people blind [to the truth]. Otherwise, such are these prophecies that listening to them would make the eyes of a righteous person run with tears. But still these people insist that not a single prophecy has been fulfilled. They do not consider that one day they too will meet their death. If the Signs that have been shown to these people had been shown to the people of N uh [Noah], they would not have drowned. If the people of L ut [Lot] had been apprised of these Signs, stones would not have rained down upon them. But these people say it is night while seeing the sun; they have outdone even the Jews. To reject the Signs of Almighty God is not a trivial mat - ter. It never resulted in anything good in any age. How then will it result in anything good now? Atheism has, however, become rife in this age. Hearts have hardened and have no fear [of the Almighty]. Who should I liken these people to! They are like that blind man who denies the exist - ence of the sun but is unaware of his own blindness. These people are like those Jews and Christians who fail to appreciate hundreds of incidents of divine support in favour of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the miracles he showed, and keep citing the stories of the Battle of Uhud and the