Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 330
330 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE HIS STATEMENT- عفت الديار محلها و مقامها ]Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out'] is a line from a couplet of an ancient poet. Did any Prophet ever have a revelation which was word- for-word the same as issued forth from the tongue of a human being before that Prophet? MY ANSWER-As I have mentioned before also, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, himself had such a rev- elation and it was: فتبارك الله احسن الخالقين [So blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators]. This is the sentence that had come out of the mouth of 'Abdullah bin Abī Sarah, and exactly the same descended as the revelation of God. And it was due to this very trial that the unfortunate 'Abdullah turned apostate. Making such objections, therefore, amounts to following the thinking of 'Abdullah, the apostate, which ought to be avoided. As for the words عفت الديار محلّها و مقامها they form the first line of a couplet of Labīd, may Allah be pleased with him, a Companion [of the Holy Prophetsas]. The complete couplet is: بمنى تأبد غولها فرجامها عفت الديار محلّها و مقامها It means that the homes of my loved ones were demolished; there remained no trace of the buildings, neither of temporary nor of per- manent residences. Both kinds of buildings were destroyed. They were located in Minā, which is in the land of Najd. There are two Minās: a Minā of Makkah and a Minā of Najd. Here the Minā of Najd is meant. The poet then says that there were two towns in that land-one was called Ghaul and the other Rajām-both of which were destroyed and levelled so completely that there is now a forest in place of these towns where wild animals such as deer live. These are the meanings of the