The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 36
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 36 What is more, the maulaw i s argue that the verse 1 ٗهَّنِا ٌمْلِعَل ِةَعاَّسلِّل pertains to ‘ I s a. Indeed one should fear people who have such gross misunderstanding of the Holy Quran, for an incompetent religious scholar can put a person’s faith in danger. O Wicked people! Is the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, himself not ِ عِلْم ٌ لِلسَّاعَۃ while he has stated that: 2 ِ بُعِثْت ُ اَنَا وَالسَّاعَۃ ُ کَھَاتَیْن and while God also stated: 3 ِتَبَرَتْقِا ُةَعاَّسلا َو َّقَشْنا ُرَمَقْلا Then how obnoxious a folly it would be on the part of the people to interpret the term سَاعَۃ [ s a ‘ah —the hour] here as the Day of Judgment! Now, allow me to explain that the term سَاعَۃ [ s a ‘ah ] that has been used here refers to the punishment inflicted upon the Jews at the hands of Titus, the Roman Emperor, after Hadrat ‘ I s a had left them. God Himself spoke of this سَاعَۃ [ s a ‘ah ] in the 1. Verily, He was a Sign of the Hour ( S u rah az-Zukhruf, 43:62). [Publisher] 2. ‘I and the Last Hour are like this. . . ’ S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a bur-Riq a q, p. 546, Mausu‘ a al- H adith, D a rus-Sal a m Pub. Riyadh. [Publisher] 3. The Hour has drawn nigh, and the moon is rent asunder ( S u rah al-Qamar, 54:2). [Publisher]