The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 54
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 54 at Mudh. However, I remember that he had also put forth the notion that the hadith that speaks of the solar and lunar eclipse being a Sign of the appearance of the Mahdi, which is recorded in D a r Qu t n i and Ikm a lud-D i n, pertains to a lunar eclipse that will take place on some day before the 13th of the lunar month and on a day when the moon can be labelled as qamar. It has to be remembered that this interpretation too is a kind of interpo - lation committed by the Jews. God has appointed three nights, in accordance with His practice, for the eclipse of the qamar. Similarly, there are three days appointed for the eclipse of the sun. The hadith mentions categorically that at the time of the advent of the Mahdi, the qamar would be eclipsed on the first of the nights appointed for it in the law of nature, while the sun would be eclipsed on the middle day of the days appointed for it by the practice of Almighty God. To discard such a straight - forward meaning and wander around lost in other directions - if this is not misfortune what is it? A part from this, according to the Arabs, the night in which the hil a l is called qamar is not any one specific night concerning which there should be no disagreement. Some say that the moon is hil a l for only one night and that on the next night it becomes qamar. Some call the third night moon qamar. While to some the term hil a l is applicable for as many as seven nights. Hence, while this is the situation, one cannot specify one specific night for the fulfilment of the prophecy. And to say that the occurrence of the solar and lunar eclipse, in accordance with the practice of Almighty God,