Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 24
24 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD only remedy is the one I have stated. As he will recall, the last time he and his Anjuman challenged me, they were humiliated before a human government. They called upon the government to punish the author of Ummahātul-Mu'minin [Mothers of the Faithful] but I disagreed. In the end, it was my opinion that prevailed. Similarly, the memorial that they have sent to the heavenly gov- ernment is nothing but a useless and nonsensical attempt-and as ineffectual as their first memorial. The true memorial is that which I have prepared, and in the end, you shall have to accept it. لیک بعد از کمال رسوائی ہر چہ دانا کند کند نادال Those who are foolish eventually tread the path of the wise; But after they have suffered the utmost humiliation. Maulavi Ahmad Hasan of Amroha has a great opportunity to stand against me in this situation. I have heard that he, like other maulavīs, is making strenuous efforts in support of his idolatrous belief to somehow prove that Hadrat Masīh ibn Maryam did not die and would thus return as Khatamul-Anbiyā' [the Seal of the Prophets]. Hence, his dissatisfaction with the inference drawn from sūrah an-Nūr, the hadith in Şahih Bukhari إمامكم منكم and the hadith in Şahih Muslim 2 اَمَّكُم منكم which state that the Promised Messiah would be born from this blessed ummah so that in the likeness of the Messiah belonging to the Mosaic dis- pensation, he should appear as the Messiah of Muhammad's dis- pensation, and thus illuminate the world with the excellences of 1. He will be your imam from among you. [Publisher] 2. He will lead you and will be from among you. [Publisher]