The Heavenly Sign — Page 40
40 Nishan-e-Asmānī farewell to my remaining loved ones. I shall deem myself very fortunate indeed if I am separated from them for the sake of Allah and in order to please Him. O my brethren, believe me! If I did not have this testimony with me, and if, about thirty-one years ago, a godly saint had not dissolved the mystery concerning the Promised 'Īsāas (Messiah) and told me who would it be, today, I too, like my brethren, would be one of the bitterest opponents of Mirzā Ghulām Ahmad of Qādiānas. It would have been impossible for me to accept Mirzā Şahib as the Messiahas and to renounce, even on pain of death, my old beliefs, which, in my opinion, were shared by Ahli Sunnah wal Jama'at, all the pious predecessors, and were universally accepted by all the Ulema. It was by the sheer mercy of God, the Exalted, that about thirty years ago, a godly man, a wanderer of the desolate places, a Majdhūb, told me things that have now become magnificent signs for me. These Prophecies have convinced me of the truth of Mirzā Sāhibas so firmly that even if someone were to cut me to pieces, I would care the least for my life. Just as the day dawns and no one has any doubts about it, so did it become clear to me that Mirzā Ghulam Ahmad of Qādiānas is undoubtedly the same Promised Messiahas whose advent had been foretold and who was named 'Isaas (Jesus) in the scriptures. My heart is full of the certainty that the Prophet Jesusas, is dead and will never return, and