Reply to a Mockery — Page 118
118 Holy is my Lord, the High Maulaw i Sahib finds the following revelation of Hadrat Mirza Sahib to be objectionable: ی ٰ علـ ل ا ی انت اسم Esteemed readers! The Arabic word Ism means name and attrib- ute. Hadrat Mirza Sahib was a human being; a human being can be named and talked about. But he cannot be called ‘name’ or ‘attribute’. Hence a word must be implied, but not stated explic- itly. In the Arabic language, it is quite common for a word to be implied from the context. Here, that word must be ‘manifestation’ which should come between َ اَنْت and ْ اِسْمِی. Hadrat Mirza Sahib translated this revelation as: You are a manifestation of My Highest Names. That is, You will always prevail. ( Tiry a qul-Qul u b, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, p. 315) This revelation describes the subject of the Quranic verse: َبَتَك ُهّٰللا َّنَبِلْغَاَل اَنَا َو ْيِلُسُر Allah has decreed: Most surely I will prevail, I and My Messengers. ( Sūrah al-Muj a dalah, 58:22) So every Prophet is a manifestation of God’s highest names. The readers may please note that: To conceal the translation given by