Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 538
538 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE Thus, the prophecy concerning the coming of 'Isā was for this ummah like the prophecy concerning the coming of Prophet Ilyas was for the Jews. Therefore, it was to establish this similarity that I was named 'Īsā. And not just that the deniers of this 'Isā who were to appear in this Ummah were called 'Jews, to which the verse غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ refers, i. e. the 'Jews' who deny the 'Isa of this Ummah are akin to the Jews who did not accept Hadrat 'Isā. Thus, in this way a perfect similarity was established, in that just as the Jews who were waiting the return of Prophet Ilyas did not believe in Hadrat 'Isa on the pretext that Ilyas had not returned-these people did not believe in the 'Isā of this Ummah only for the excuse that the Israelite Hadrat Īsā had not returned. A similarity was thus established between the Jews who had not believed in Hadrat 'Isā because Ilyas had not returned, and these Jews who await the second coming of Hadrat 'Isā. And this was what God had desired. Just as a similarity between the Israelite Jews and these 'Jews' stands proven, so is the similarity between the Israelite 'Isa and this 'Isā, who I am, of the perfect order. That 'Īsā was rejected from the perspective of the Jews because a Prophet did not return to the world, and similarly this Īsā-who I am was rejected from the perspective of these 'Jews' because a Prophet did not return to the world. And it is quite obvious that the people who are labelled as 'Jews of this Ummah'-and to whom the verse 2 غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ refers-are not the actual Jews, but are indeed people of this Ummah who have been named Jews. Likewise, this 'Isā is also not the actual 'Isā who was a Prophet from among the Israelites; rather, he is from within this Ummah as well. It is far removed from Almighty God's grace and mercy that He has for this Ummah that he should give it the title of 'Jews'- rather, give them the title of those Jews who had called Hadrat Īsā a disbeliever and liar on the basis of the argument that Prophet Ilyas was to return-but He should not give an individual from this Ummah the 1. Those who have not incurred displeasure (Sūrah al-Fatihah, 1:7). [Publisher] 2. Those who have not incurred displeasure (Sūrah al-Fatihah, 1:7). [Publisher]