Tadhkirah — Page 58
58 Translation: 68 [Arabic] Allah has placed blessing in you, O Ahmad. Whatever you did let loose, it was not you but it was Allah Who let it loose. Allah has taught you the Qur’an so that you should warn the people whose ancestors have not been warned, and that the way of the guilty ones might become manifest. Say: I have been commissioned and I am the first of the believers 69. Say: The truth has come and 68 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : The translation in the text has been extracted from different books of the Promised Messiah as. Wherever the translation is given from the Publishers, it is written in italics and placed in brackets [. . . ]. 69 Publishers’ Note: In Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , part 3, page 239, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 1, page 265, the Promised Messiah as explains about the revelation ‘ I am the first of the believers’ : It means: I am the first to turn towards Allah under His command in this age or the first to believe in this commandment. Allah knows best. (A) I recall that when I was first commissioned I received the revelation which is entered on page 238 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah. Blessings on you O Ahmad… I am the first of believers. [A’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, p. 109 footnote]