Three in One

by Naeem Osman Memon

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Three in One — Page 68

SON OF GOD. The second false charge often alleged against Hadhrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmadas is that he claimed to be a son of God in the literal sense of the word" which once again is argued on gross misrepresentation of some of his revelations. In this instance, his adversaries quote three alleged revelations in evidence while the third of these 'Listen my son'28 or 'Listen! O my son 129 stated to have been quoted from Al Bushra is not a revelation vouchsafed unto him. Apparently, an Arabic journal Al Bushra quoted a revelation vouchsafed unto Hadhrat Ahmadas - the original recorded by him in his own works being: 'The host will be scattered and they will turn their backs. Fear not My servant, I hear and see. See you not that We are reducing the earth from its borders? See you not that Allah has power to do all that He wills. Call down blessings on. Muhammad and the people of Muhammad, Chief of mankind and Seal of Prophets. 130. However, due to some negligence on the part of Al Bushra's copyist, the expression Asm'aa wa Araa meaning I hear and see was incorrectly printed in the journal as Asm'aa Wa'lade meaning Listen My Son. Anyone minutely conversant with. Arabic language would know that such an error is easily made considering the characters of the language. In this instance,. Asm'aa wa Araa is written as a while Asm'aa Wa'lade is written as Smal However, due to the negligence of the copyist, the alphabet | which stands for 'alif or its equivalent a in English and ♪ ra or ra or r happened to be mistakenly joined together as a result of which these assumed the shapes of J la'm and dal and hence what should have been 'Ar became. N. la'd. Consequently, si Araa assumed the shape of GN 27. Ibid. , p. 3. E 28. Irfani, Abu al Bashir. The Cunning Chameleon, p. 13 29. Zaheer, Ehsan Elahi, Qadiyaniat, ed. May 73, p. 116 30. Ahmad, [Hadhrat] Mirza Ghulam. Anjam Atham, p. 54, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 11, p. 54 68