The Descent of the Messiah — Page 43
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS Meaning, "When We pronounced the command of death upon Solomon, no one conveyed the news of his death to the Jinns except the termite that ate Solomon's staff. ” Here too, you will observe that a germ has been named the creature of the earth. What other testimony is required to ascertain the true meaning of creature of the earth when, in another verse, the Holy Quran itself has used the same words for a germ? To translate it contrary to the connotation of the Holy Quran amounts to fabrication, betrayal, and deception. The third argument is that it is quite clear from the verse that the Imam of the age would be present at the time when the signs of God would be denied. This is because the phrase وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ [When the sentence is passed against them], means that the chas- tisement would appear after the argument has been completed. Moreover, everyone agrees that the coming out of the creature of the earth was to take place in the Latter Days when the Mes- siah was to appear to complete God's argument upon the world. A fair-minded person can quickly understand that since a man is now present who claims to be the Promised Messiah and many of his signs have appeared in the sky and on the earth, this plague has to be the creature of the earth that was to appear at the time of the Messiah. Also, since Gog and Magog are present and the prophecy : مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ is being fulfilled all over the world; and the tribulations of the Dajjal have reached their limit, and the prophecy يَتْرُكَنَّ الْقِلَاصُ فَلَا يُسْعَى عَلَيْهَا ]the she-camel shall be abandoned and shall no longer be sought after], has perfectly materialised; and there is a profusion of alcoholism, fornication, and falsehood, and the Jewish traits are rampant among the Muslims, the only sign that remained was that the worm should come out of the earth; 1 ". . . they shall hasten forth from every height. " Al-Anbiyā, 21:97 [Publisher] 43