Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 141
CHAPTER TWO FULFILMENT OF PROPHECIES 141 well of others and are prone to falter at every trial or tribulation like a weak child. And some are so unfortunate that they are easily swayed by the talk of a mischievous person and hasten towards misguidance just as a dog hastens towards carrion. So how can I say that they have truly entered into my bai'at? Every now and then, I am even given knowledge regarding such people, but I am not permitted to tell them about it. There are many who are lowly but will be exalted, and there are many exalted who will be made lowly. So this is a cause to be fearful! In the same way, in earlier parts of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, I have been named Ibrāhīm, as it was said: سلام عليك يا ابراهيم see page 558 of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya¹ Meaning, 'May peace be upon you, O Ibrāhīm. ' God Almighty had greatly blessed Ibrāhīm, may peace be upon him, and he was always safeguarded against the onslaughts of the enemy. By naming me Ibrāhīm, God Almighty indicates that this Ibrāhīm will be similarly blessed, and his opponents will not be able to harm him, as He said to me in the previous parts of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya: بوركت يا احمد وكان ما بارك الله فيك حقًا فيك Meaning: 'You have been blessed O Ahmad, and you were indeed entitled to it. ' And in these same previous parts of Barahin-e- Ahmadiyya, Allah the Exalted addressed me at one place and said, 'I shall bless you so much that kings shall seek blessings from your garments. ' And just as God laid the foundation of a progeny with 1. In the 2008 edition of Rūhānī Khazāʼin, the referenced text appears in vol- ume 1, page 666. In the 2016 English translation of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, this text appears on page 436. [Publisher]