Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 151
CHAPTER TWO FULFILMENT OF PROPHECIES 151 This division indicates that the Promised Messiah would encounter three kinds of people in the course of his mission: (1) First, he would encounter a people who had lost the Sun of Guidance and are wallow- ing in a muddy and dark pool; (2) His second encounter would be with a people who are sitting in the sun stark naked; that is, they do not adopt good manners or modesty or humility, and goodwill. They are worshippers of the letter and form and seem as if ready to fight the Sun. Thus, they too are deprived of the benefit of the Sun, and they would only get their skins burnt from the Sun. This refers to the Muslims among whom the Promised Messiah appeared, but they denied him and opposed him and did not behave with modesty and good manners, and failed to benefit from thinking well of him. They, therefore, were deprived of good fortune. Then, Allah the Exalted further says in the Holy Quran: ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ السَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا قَالُوا يُذَا الْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَ مَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَى أَنْ تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا قَالَ مَا مَكَّنَى فِيْهِ رَبِّي خَيْرٌ فَاعِيُنُونِي بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلُ بَيْنَكُمُ وَ بَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا أَتُونِي زُبَرَ الْحَدِيدِ حَتَّى إِذَا سَاوَى بَيْنَ الصَّدَفَيْنِ قَالَ انْفُخُوا حَتَّى إِذَا جَعَلَهُ نَارًا قَالَ أَتُونِي أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْهِ قِطْرًا فَمَا اسْطَاعُوا أَنْ يَظْهَرُوهُ وَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا لَهُ نَقُبًا قَالَ هُذَا رَحْمَةً مِّنْ رَّبِّي فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي جَعَلَهُ دَكَّاءَ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّي حَقًّا وَ وَ تَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِي بَعْضٍ وَ نُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَجَمَعْتُهُمْ جَمْعًا وَ عَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْكَفِرِينَ عَرْضًا الَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطَاء عَنْ ذِكْرِى وَ كَانُوا لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبْعًا 1 أَفَحَسِبَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنْ يَتَّخِذُ وَاعِبَادِى مِنْ دُونِي أَوْلِيَاء إِنَّا أَعْتَدْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَفِرِينَ نُزُلًا - Dhul-Qarnain-the Promised Messiah-would then follow another extreme excess. It will not benefit from the light with humility and meekness and submissiveness; rather, like one dazzled, will stand before the light naked as if to confront and contest. The third group, however, will be in the moder- ate state. They will desire from the Promised Messiah that they may be saved from the onslaughts of Ya'jūj and Ma'jūj [Gog and Magog]. The words Ya'jūj and Ma'jūj are derived from the root word ajīj, which means people who are well versed in the use of fire. (Author) 1. Sūrah al-Kahf, 18:93-103 [Publisher]