Some Prophecies of Hazrat Ahmad - A Critical Study — Page 20
ceased to transgress and sought forgiveness. It also proved its good intent by pledging fidelity at the hands of God Almighty's elect, His vicegerent, the Promised Messiah and the Imam Mahdi, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam. Ahmadas of Qadian. What manner of God would now continue chastisement of these people despite His promise: 'I will inflict My punishment on whom I will; but My mercy. encompasses all things; so I will ordain it for those who act righteously. '34. Has the Master of Destiny and the Lord of Mercy, God Almighty not, in. His infinite Mercy promised mankind: 'whoso repents after his transgression and amends, then will God surely turn to him with mercy; verily, God is Most Forgiving, Merciful. ” '35. It is, however, ironic that while the family, directly affected by the prophecy, admitted its fulfilment and turned to Hadhrat Ahmadas, his adversaries continue to argue otherwise on the grounds that. Muhammedi Begum was not married to Hadhrat Ahmadas. This they do tenaciously despite the fact that at no stage had her marriage to another person been ruled out by the prophecy nor was her marriage to Hadhrat. Ahmadas, the primary purpose of the prophecy. On the contrary, it was a proposed mean to an ultimate end, that being, the prophecy itself indicated, 'the return of the faithless and the erring back to guidance,' as is sufficiently proved by the text of the prophecies against the dissident family. 36. And once the ultimate purpose of the prophecy had been achieved with the repentance of the family and its conversion to Islam immediately after the death of Ahmad Beg, Divine justice demanded that the second part of the prophecy, that of forgiveness, be also fulfilled - the part which hinged on the condition that in case the dissident members of the family repented, God would certainly turn to them in mercy and forgiveness. . Hence, forgiveness by God Almighty of Mirza Sultan Muhammed and. Muhammedi Begum, instead of giving a lie to this prophecy, is in fact. further proof that the prophecy was fulfilled in its entirety. 34. Al Quran 7. 157 36. Ayanae Kamalat e Islam: pp 566/74 35. Al Quran 5. 40 20