Truth Prevails — Page 57
( 57 ) We would like to suggest here that Mr. Faruqi should substitute the word Nabi , instead of the Promised ‘Messiah’; he would then come to perceive that just as, for twelve years, in the teeth of repeated and emphatic assertions from Allah, Hazrat Ahmad did not gather that he was the Promised Messiah, and this was as ordained by God, in His wisdom and sagacity, an argument in favour of his truthfulness, simplicity of mind, an artless sincerity, similarly his failure to take in that he was a Nabi , and a Rasul , in the face of insistent Revelations to that effect, was a conclusive proof that he was not a clever designer, and an astute climber. The fact should not and cannot be understood as a sign of a lack of ordinary intelligence and commonsense, an indication of his fraudulent endeavour to mislead, each supposition more and more insulting than the other. Below I reproduce the passage, replacing “The Promised Messiah”, with the word Nabi , and leave the reader to decide whether Mr. Faruqi’s remark is entirely absurd, or not: “This was a point in the sagacity and wisdom of the Lord, an argument in favour of my truthfulness; and a total lack of design on my part. Had it been a work of man, with roots in a planned scheme right from the time of Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya I would have made a start on a claim that I was Nabi but God turned away my vision; and I failed to understand the meaning and purpose of this Wahyi , that it was establishing me in the position of Nabi. On simplicity of mind, and my truthfulness, this circumstance was a great, a very impressive argument. Mr. Faruqi concedes that Hazrat Ahmad’s claim that he was a Mojaddid came in 1885, the other claim that he was the Promised Messiah came in 1891, even though in 1885 it had been revealed to him that he had a close and deep resemblance to Hazrat Isa. Writes Mr. Faruqi: 1. As a Mojaddid has to publish his claim and let the people know it, hence Mirza Sahib first mentioned this fact in his monumental work, Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya , and also issued out a special ‘Notice’ about it in 1885 A. D. But he did not take any ‘Pledge’ from those who believed in him until such time that Divine permission was given to do so. It was on 1st December 1888 that he announced that Allah had commanded him to take a ‘pledge’ from the believers and to organize a community (Truth Triumphs, page 7) 2. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad also mentioned in his proclamatory notice of Mojaddid -ship: “The author has received a Revelation that he is the Mojaddid of the century and spiritually his attributes and qualities bear a striking resemblance to those of Jesus Christ (son of Mary). ” (Truth Triumphs, page 8) Again, on the same page, he writes further: “Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad through a proclamation on 26th March, 1891 A. D. , announced that Jesus Christ (son of Mary) is