Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 399
APPENDIX TO BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FIVE 399 Jews who did not accept Hadrat Īsā, sought to crucify him, and were declared as مَغْضُوْبِ عَلَيْهِمْ ]maghdūbi 'alaihim—those who have incurred displeasure]. This is why God Almighty has taught us to recite this very prayer of Sūrah al-Fatihah in our five daily obligatory Prayers: اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ ) 1 Hence, by ۚأَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ ]anamta 'alaihim-on whom You have bestowed Your blessings] are meant the Israelite Prophets, and by مَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ [maghdūbi 'alaihim-those who have incurred displeasure] are meant those Jews who did not accept Hadrat Īsā. This verse shows that since there were to be born in this Ummah people of the same character as the Jews who lived in the time of Hadrat 'Īsā, it was necessary that there should also be in this Ummah an 'Īsā, by denying whom they could become the Jews' who are مَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ [maghdūbi 'alaihim-those who have incurred displeasure]. So, when people object to me for calling myself 'Īsā, their objection in fact recoils upon themselves, for if they had not been 'Jews, I too would not be Īsā. Nevertheless, the Word of God had to be fulfilled. It is strangely naïve of them that they are willing to become 'Jews, but insist on bringing 'Isā from outside! In short, the edifice of the Ishmaelite dispensation was erected in the image of the Israelite dispensation. This is the logic behind the fact that the 'Isa of this dispensation is not from the Ishmaelite lineage. Just as the Messiah did not belong to the Israelite lineage, as he had no father and only his mother was an Israelite, similar is the case with me. I have already mentioned that some of my great-grandmothers were from among the progeny of the Holy Prophetsas, and God made it clear 1. Guide us in the right path, the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings, those who have not incurred Your displeasure, and those who have not gone astray (Sūrah al-Fatihah, 1:6-7). [Publisher]