Truth Prevails — Page 117
( 117 ) Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II, and the Muslih Mau’ud , after turning the meaning and sense of the piece, shamelessly, to suit his own petty, but pet, purpose. It is to be carefully noted, further, that whereas the Promised Messiah has called himself a Prophet in the presence of this Report, holding that his Zilli Nabuwwat did not clash with this Hadith, Mr. Faruqi insists that his own understanding of the piece is superior, and truer, than the one given by the Promised Messiah, who has stated very clearly that this Hadith barred the way only for a man who claimed to be an independent Prophet, risen to the height without being beholden to an earlier Prophet, in the relationship of a loyal and true disciple – as borne out in the Ishtihar entitled “Ek Ghalati ka Izala ”. It is also to be noted that Mr. Faruqi has made very serious, very dirty, charges against Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II; and he has done his utmost to show that he was a scheming person, with no moral principles, or scruples. In this he has behaved not like a follower of the Promised Messiah, but a follower of the renowned enemy of Islam and Ahmadiyyat. Pundit Lekhram, who claimed that no worthy issue would be granted to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad; that the Muslih he says will be granted to him, from his own sons, there would happen no such thing, and the son in question would live his life showing traits of character exactly the opposite of what was so fondly being expected by himself. Mahmud in Heaven Now we would like to bring this chapter to a close with a ro’ya , a vision, of the Promised Messiah, with a bearing on the virtuous end of the life of Hazrat Mirza Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II, and the Muslih Mau’ud , though there are some aspects which seem to carry a warning of danger, in some respects. The Promised Messiah writes: “About 2 o’clock, during the night, today, I saw in a dream that in some distress my wife had gone somewhere. I called her, and said to her: ‘Come with me. I will show you that tree. ’ So I took her out. When we approached the tree, where there was also a garden nearby, I asked her, where was Mahmud? She said, ‘In paradise’; then again she repeated, ‘in paradise of grave’ ( Tazkira , page 832) This Ilham points to the virtuous and meritorious end for Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II and since he passed away from this world in Rabwah, to be buried in the Behishti Maqbara in this new settlement, of the Ahmadiyya Community, there is an indicator herein, for those who would care to see it, that the Behishti Maqbara at Rabwah too is a real Behishti Maqbara virtually the same as the Behishti Maqbara at Qadian. Another ro’ya about Hazrat Mahmud Hazrat Masih-i-Mau’ud writes: