Arba'in — Page 145
ARBAIN NUMBER FOUR 145 2. His second name is Ahmad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This name is mentioned in the New Testament, and it reflects Divine teaching in a jamālī [benevolent] form as is expressed by this verse: وَ مُبَشِّرًا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ And our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, possessed both jalāl [grandeur] and jamāl [grace] to perfection. His Makkan life possessed a jamālī tone, while his Madinah life exhibited a jalālī [glorious] character. And then both these attributes were distributed among his followers such that his Companions, Allah be pleased with them all, were bestowed a jalālī life, whereas the Promised Messiah was made a reflection of the jamālī character of the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him. This is indeed why it is said about the Promised Messiah: يَضَعُ الْحَرْبَ that is,3* he will not engage in warfare, and this was a promise of God Almighty in the Holy 1. And giving glad tidings of a Messenger who will come after me. His name will be Ahmad (Sūrah aş-Şaff, 61:7). [Publisher] 2. Şahih al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Aḥādīthul-Anbiyā', Bāb Nuzūl Īsā ibn Maryam, Hadith 3448, published by Qadīmī Kutub Khānah, Karachi [Publisher] 3. God Almighty has been gradually reducing the intensity of jihad; that is, religious warfare. Matters were so extreme at the time of Hadrat Mūsā [Moses] that even accepting the faith could not save a person from being killed, even nursing infants were killed. Then, in the time of our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him, the killing of children, the elderly and women was forbidden; and then for some peoples it was made acceptable just to pay Jizyah in lieu of ac- ceptance of Islam to escape punishment. And then in the time of the Promised Messiah, the commandment of jihad [as a religious war] was definitely stopped. Author