The Descent of the Messiah — Page 51
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS being buried so close to the tomb of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that they would seem to be in the same grave. If they were disbelievers, why did God allow this? There is nothing worse in the world than an disbeliever. Would a Shiite allow his pious mother to be buried alongside an adulterous prostitute? And an disbeliever is worse even than an adulterer. Why, then, did God allow it to happen? Let any rea- sonable and God-fearing person answer this. To give superiority to Hussain over the Prophets is, therefore, a nonsensical idea. It is true that he was among the righteous men of God, but there have lived millions of such people in the world, and only God knows how many more will appear in the future. To unduly declare him to be the chief of the Prophets is an insult to those holy men of God. Similarly, God and His pure Prophet have referred to the Promised Messiah as a Prophet and Messenger, and all the Prophets of God have praised him, and have referred to him as the manifestation of the perfect attributes of all the Prophets. ¹ Consider how Imam Hussain compares to this. Regardless of whether the Sunnis and the Shiites abuse me, or call me a liar, a deceiver, or a faithless one, anyone to whom God has granted insight will recognise me as the Promised Messiah whom the Leader of the Prophets [i. e the Holy Prophetsas] described as a Prophet of God, sent him his greetings, regarded him as his second, and declared him to be Khātamul-Khulafa'. Whoever considers this will give me the same superiority as has been given to me by God and His Messengeras. Is this not true, according to the testimony of the Holy Quran, the Hadith, and all the prophets, that the Promised Messiah is superior to Hussain and that he is the possessor of all kinds of perfections? 1 The footnote given here by the author, has been given at the end of the book as Footnote 3 on page 313. [Publisher] 51