Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 234
234 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad what blessings can he give to others?" The Obstinacy of the Jews The Promised Messiahas said: "The Jews state that on the Day of Resurrection they will put the book of the Prophet Malachias before God and say that in this book You said that the Prophet Elijah would come before the Messiah; You did not say that the likeness of Elijah would come or that John would appear in the form of a spiritual manifestation of him. Now, if this is the truthful Messiah and we did not accept him, then how can this be our fault? This is the very state of the Muslim scholars today also, who are awaiting the Messiah. " There was mention of the fact that when the Messiahas told the Jews that Johnas was the awaited Elijah, they went to Johns and asked him-in words that we do not know-whether he was Elijah. Johns denied this and said that he was not Elijah, and in this manner, it appeared that the Messiah had been proven false. The Promised Messiahas said: "We have no idea of the deceptive manner in which the Jews may have spoken to him. Johnas would have had no idea about their mischievous way. It is false to claim that Prophets are always present and aware like God. If this was the case, then why would the Holy Prophet, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, feel perturbed when the incident involving Hazrat Ayeshata took place, to the extent that God Almighty revealed a verse about the entire matter? Sa'di has wonderfully written: کسے پرسید زاں پیر خرد مند کہ اے روشن گہر پیر خرد مند ز مصرش بوئے پیراہن شمیدی چرا در چاه کنعانش ندیدی بگفت احوال ما برق جہاں است دے پیدا و دیگر دم نهایی است تجھے بر طارم اعلی نشینم گہے بر پشت پائے خود نه بینم Someone asked the one who had lost his son; O enlightened, wise sage! You perceived the scent of a shirt from the land of Egypt; but here you could not see it in the well of Canaan.