Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 364
364 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE MY ANSWER-Maulawi Şahib! You have, today, surpassed even the Jews in distortion. To be called maulawī and commit such wilful dis- honesty in expounding the meaning of such a clear text! Can it be the work of people who believe in the Day of Reckoning? Where and when in my announcement did I write that I remained firm and persistent in this sin for twenty-five years that I did not publish the translation of the Arabic revelation of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya? Open pages 516 and 557¹ of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya and see the translation of the Arabic rev- elations is present at both places. Then how could I have said that I did not translate and publish the Arabic revelation and remained firm and persistent in this sin for twenty-five years? In the presence of the fact that both these revelations are recorded on pages 516 and 557 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya along with their Urdu translation, can any wise person accept that I could have written in my announcement that I had not set out the translation of those revela- tions in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya? Rather, my statement in my announce- ment of 11 May 1905 pertained to the Arabic revelation that had been published without translation in my announcement of 31 May 1904, namely, the revelation: عفت الديار محلّها ومقامها [Temporary residences and permanent ones will be wiped out]. Translation of this had not been set out in Urdu. Maulawi Şahib made this distortion so as to establish the blame on me as if I wilfully did not translate the Arabic revelation of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya for twenty-five years and kept it concealed. Apart from this, there were, in fact, two prophecies in Barāhīn-e- Ahmadiyya regarding the earthquake, one was recorded on page 516 1. In the 2008 edition of Rūhānī Khazāʼin, the referenced text appears in vol. 1, pages 615 and 665. In the 2016 English translation of Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, this text appears on pages 395 and 435. [Publisher]