Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 488
488 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE of my paternity but some of my grandmothers were from among the Sādāt [progeny of the Holy Prophetsas]. But Almighty God declares me to be of Persian ethnicity on my paternal side, and a Fatimite on the maternal side, and only what He says is the truth. The fourth matter that makes me dual is that I was born a twin-with me there was a girl who was born before me. Again, reverting to my earlier point, I say that it is totally false and amounts to deceiving oneself to suppose, from the word Nabi used with regard to the Promised Messiah in ahādīth, that he indeed is Hadrat Īsā, may peace be upon him. For, while it is true that the 'Isā to come has been named Nabi [Prophet], it is accompanied by such a prerequisite that by virtue of that prerequisite it is impossible that Hadrat 'Īsā [Jesus] the Israelite could be that Nabi, inasmuch as—notwithstanding that he is called Nabi-the same ahādīth refer to this Īsā as an ummati too. Anyone who reflects upon the significance of ummatī will clearly understand that it is heresy to declare Hadrat 'Isā to be an ummati, because an ummati is one who is imperfect, misguided, and faith- less, prior to following the Holy Prophet, peace and blessing of Allah be upon him, and prior to following the Holy Quran, and then, he acquires faith and perfection by following the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and by following the Holy Quran. Clearly, it is kufr [disbelief] to entertain such a thought concerning Hadrat 'Isā because, regardless of how much lesser he might be in sta- tus as compared to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, it cannot be said that he-God forbid is misguided and faithless, or that he is imperfect, and that his divine cognition is incomplete unless he returns to this world and enters the Ummah of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Thus, I say to my opponents with conviction that Hadrat Īsā is not an ummatī at all. Although he—and indeed all the Prophets-believed in the truth of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, they were still followers of the teachings that were revealed to them. God had manifested Himself to them directly, and it was not