Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 259
APPENDIX TO BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE 259 که در مصر نادال تر از وی هموست سخن گفت و دشمن بدانست و دوست Thereupon he spoke and friend and foe came to know— That in Egypt, there was no one more ignorant than him! حضورش پریشان شدد کارزشت سفر کرد د و بر طاق مسجد نوشت His followers dispersed and his glory vanished; He fled away after writing on the arch of the mosque: در آئینه گر روئے خود دیدے به بیدانشی پرده ندریدی Had I seen my face in the mirror, I would not have laid bare my folly. ' I have now completed replying to the objections raised by Muhammad Ikrāmullāh Khān of Shahjahanpur which have been published on page 5 of Daily Paisah Akhbar, 22 May 1905, but this was followed by a letter addressed to my friend, Maulawī ‘Abdul Karim, by a gentleman who chose not to reveal his name, in which, appealing in the name of God, he has sought answers to some of his objections regarding the same prophecies. These objections have been sufficiently answered in this part of Barāhīn, but since the critic has appealed to me in the name of God, I will briefly answer the gentleman's objections, even at the cost of repeating myself. HIS STATEMENT-The phrase عفت الديار محلّها و مقامها ]Temporary res- idences and permanent ones will be wiped out'] which His Holiness Mirza Sahib claims to be his revelation is a verse written by an ancient poet. The question is, has a revelation ever been vouchsafed to a Prophet which is word for word-the same as something that has already been uttered before this Prophet by some other man? And if you are able to prove this, then the second objection would be that