The Noble Son — Page 116
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 116 adultery but are unable to bring forth four witnesses to prove this accusation—flog them with eighty lashes, and never admit their evidence thereafter and it is they themselves that are the evildoers. ’ 141 Allah the Almighty and His Messenger, our leader, Muhammad s as , and the Promised Messiah as are declaring those who level accusations and slander but have no proof as required by the Shariah, to be evil- mongers; yet, the president of the deniers of Khilafat, in opposition to all this, concludes in favour of labelling the accused a sinner and for his character to be considered blemished, immediately upon the raising of the allegation. Thus, in mentioning the incident of the accusation against Hazrat Ayeshah ra , there was the benefit for the believers that in the future, whenever such an incident would occur, the believers would consider such accusers as liars, and would not join them in giving publicity to such accusations. Thus, O sons of Ahmadiyyat! You have, by the grace of Allah the Almighty, acted upon this Divine advice and declared those who levelled these accusations to be liars and in accord with the verse * ٌ م ْ تَانٌ عَظِی ْ بُہ حٰنَکَ ہٰذَا ْ سُب declared their fabrication to be a grievous calumny. But most unfortunate are those who went against this Divine advice and became guilty of spreading indecencies! And those who acted in this way must especially remember, that to oppose the * Translation: ‘Holy are You, O God, this is a grievous calumny!’ The Holy Qur’an 24:17 [Trans - lator]