The Descent of the Messiah — Page 257
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS 73 [continued] a Muslim. I also saw a Hindu drinking from his fountain, and I said to the Hindu: "The water of this fountain is not clear, drink from our fountain. " This was thirty years ago, and I related my dream to several Hindus, and I was certain that confirmation of this would become ev- ident in due course. Accordingly, after some years, this dream was manifestly fulfilled. Three hundred years after the death of Baba Nanak, we found access to his Cloak which proves clearly that he was a Muslim. This robe, which is a kind of outer covering, is preserved with great reverence as a relic at Dera Baba Nanak in the custody of his descendants. It is written in the Sikh chronicles that Baba Nanak used to wear this Cloak. Many Quranic verses are inscribed upon it, of which one is the Sürah: قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ! And the verses: إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ الْإِسْلَامُ 2 وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ الْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَسِرِينَ At the time of Baba Nanak, Cloaks of this kind were inscribed by mendicants who claimed that they were immersed in Islam. Thus, this Cloak of Baba Nanak makes him not only a Muslim but a perfect Muslim. 1 "Say, 'He is Allah, the One; 'Allah, the Independent and Besought of all. 'He be- gets not, nor is He begotten; 'And there is none like unto Him. " Al-Ikhlāş 112:2-5 [Publisher] 2 "Surely, the true religion with Allah is Islam. " Ale-Imran, 3:20. [Publisher] 3 "And whoso seeks a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the life to come he shall be among the losers. " Ale-Imran, 3:86. [Publisher] 257