Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 396
396 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE what is the wisdom in declaring a Messenger to be an ummati? Also, it is evident from the Holy Quran that every Prophet is part of the ummah of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as Allah the Exalted says: لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَلَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ Thus, in this way, all Prophets, may peace be upon them all, belong to the ummah of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. What then is the meaning or significance of declaring Hadrat Īsā to be an ummati? Are we to think that-God forbid-he recanted the faith that he had professed along with all the Prophets, and that as a punishment he was brought down to earth again to reaf- firm his faith, whereas for other Prophets their previous affirmation was considered sufficient. Does such frivolous talk not amount to rid- iculing Islam? The matter was clear enough, for just as 'Isā appeared at the end of the Jewish line of Khilafat, and the Jews rejected him and refused to believe in him, so was it destined that a Khalifah would be born at the end of the Islamic line of Khilafat whom the Muslims would reject and renounce. This is why he will be called 'Īsā, for he would be Khātamul- Khulafa' [the Seal of the Successors] and also for the fact that he would be rejected just as 'Isā was rejected. This is how Allah the Exalted had outlined this similarity in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya in these words: دنیا میں ایک نذیر آیا پر دنیا نے اُس کو قبول نہ کیا لیکن خدا اُسے قبول کرے گا اور بڑے زور آور حملوں سے اُس کی سچائی ظاہر کر دے گا۔ A Warner came unto the world, but the world accepted him not; yet God shall accept him and demonstrate his truthful- ness with mighty assaults. 1. You shall believe in him and help him (Sūrah Al-e-Imrān, 3:82). [Publisher]