Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 369
APPENDIX TO BARĀHĪN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FIVE 369 Ishtihār that prior to the occurrence of the earthquake on 4 April 1905, my mind had not moved to realize-as is understood from the literal words of 'the rending asunder of a mountain' that the prophecies of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya did in fact mean 'earthquake. And there is an argument for it too that the translation of both of these prophecies as is in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, has not been done literally either. This is why in the Ishtihār of 21st April 1905, which was composed after 4 April 1905, I openly admitted that for twenty-five years I could not designate the prophecy recorded in both places in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya which is: فلما تجلى ربّه للجبل specifically to be about an earthquake. However, it became clear after the earthquake of 4th April 1905 that it was about this very earth- quake. And this is the fact that is established by my Ishtihār of 21 April 1905. As against this announcement, the claim that Maulawi Muhammad Husain has falsely forged against me and the statement of his own which he has attributed to me, is given below once again. Here it is: 'I had been given the information from God with great clarity that the prophecy in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya referred to an earthquake. Nonetheless, I concealed it due to the fear of abuse and distrust by peo- ple and did not render and publish the Urdu translation of the Arabic. By so doing I committed a great sin against God and persisted and per- severed in this very sin for twenty-five years. Now let the readers decide in all fairness whether or not in this statement, that Maulawi Şahib has attributed to me is opposed to the text of my announcement of 21st April 1905, which I have cited above. In the aforementioned announcement I had clearly written that, prior 1. When God shall manifest His Glory on the mountain, He will cause it to break asunder! [Publisher]