Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 358
358 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE that whereas the breaking asunder of the mountain has been men- tioned in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, it has also been written in the same book that it is a prophecy? It cannot, however, be denied that I could not beforehand determine in what manner this prophecy of Barahin- e-Ahmadiyya would manifest itself. And this is a phenomenon shared by all Prophets. But never have I, either in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya or in any other book, denied that this is a prophecy. How indeed could I deny it when it is clearly written on page 516¹ of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya: ولنجعله أيةً للناس ورحمةً منا Meaning: 'We shall make the rending asunder of the mountain a Sign for the people. And then, on page 557, it is written: قوة الرحمن العبيد الله الصمد Meaning: 'The rending asunder of the mountain shall be by the power of God-in support of His servant. Thus, who-other than a mischievous and dishonourable person who cares nothing for faith, God, or the Day of Reckoning-can deny that this is a prophecy, and a Sign has been promised in it? When God Almighty Himself has called it a Sign and has promised that He would manifest it for the benefit of the people at some point in time, who then dare say that it is not a Sign and it is not a prophecy? As for my admission that at the time of the writing of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya I was unable to specify any particular facet of the prophecy, it cannot benefit the opponent at all, for it is not necessary for a Prophet to define the specifics of every prophecy before its time. I have already dealt quite extensively with this subject in this very book, and there is no need 1. In the 2008 edition of Rūhānī Khazāʼin, the referenced text appears in vol. 1, page 616. In the 2016 English translation of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, this text appears on page 395. [Publisher]