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Books
Section
> Clear
Evidence re Ahmadiyyah by Hafiz Sher
Muhammad
> The Signs Relating to the ‘Mahdi’
and ‘Promised Messiah’ and their
Fulfilment in Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Qadiani The
Signs Relating to the ‘Mahdi’ and ‘Promised
Messiah’ and their Fulfilment in Hazrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad Qadiani: Let us examine as to whether the special features and signs relating the appearance of ‘Mahdi’ and ‘The Promised Messiah’ in the Muslim Ummah [Nation] as foretold by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) are in fact fulfilled in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad or not? Out of a quite large number, for the sake of brevity, we mention only a few salient signs -- some pertaining to this earth and others to the skies -- fulfilment whereof is not in the control of any human being by any stretch of imagination and as such not within the power, of any claimant to ‘Mahdi’ or ‘Promised Messiah’. These are: 1. The Time of the
Advent of Mahdi: (a) Hazeefa bin Yamman reports that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "1240 years would not have passed over the Hijrah (migration from Mecca to Madina) that Allah will send the Mahdi. (An-Najam-us-Saqib, Vol. 2, p. 209) Evidently, the above quotations refer to the birth of Mahdi in the thirteenth Century Hijrah, and also about his claim of being Mahdi. This prophecy of the Hadith foretold fourteen hundred years ago were fulfilled in the person of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib who was born in the year 1250 Hijrah and who claimed to be the Mahdi in the year 1300 Hijrah. 2. The Place of
Mahdi's Appearance: (a) Hazrat Ans (Allah be pleased with him) reported, "I heard from my friend and Master, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said the (Qiyyamat) hour will not come till Allah has raised two Jamaat's (groups) on whom the fire of Hell will be forbidden (Haram). One group will side with the Mahdi, whose name will be Ahmad, in jihad in Hind (India) and one group will be with the Isa [Jesus] son of Mary." Imam Bukhari has reported this in his book. (An-Najam-us-Saqib, Vol. 2, footnotes on page 41) Apparently while the above quoted Hadith refers to the place of the advent of the Mahdi and Promised Messiah being in India (Hind), the verse of Attar refers to both India and/or the name of the Promised Messiah being Ghulam Ahmad. 3. Name of the Town
of the Promised Messiah Foretold: (a) Sheikh Ali Hamza Bin Ali Malik-ut-Toosi, writes in ‘Jawahir-ul-Asrar,’ it is reported in Arbain that Mahdi will appear in a town called ‘Kadea,’ the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that Mahdi will appear in a town called ‘Kadea,’ the Holy Prophet Muhammad said people from distant lands (countries) will gather around him and their number in the beginning will be equal to the number of those who were in the battle of Badar and he will have a printed book wherein the names of these persons, their cities and their good qualities would be noted. Now the above two quotations not only tell the name of the village of the Promised Messiah but the quotation of (a) above also refers to a book containing 313 names [Anjam-e-Atham by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib]. The name of the village being a proper noun is in fact a ‘Muarrab’ from Kadian. Arabic words are of
two kinds by their use: (2) Muajjam -- on the other hand are Arabic words adopted in other languages with a distortion of form. In India Ghulam Muhammad is changed to ‘Gamma’ – Meraj-ud-Din to ‘Mahaja’, Fazal-ud-Din to ‘Phajja,’ Ahmad to ‘Ahman,’ etc. In the Punjabi (Language of Punjab) even the names of towns are distorted, e.g., Batala is called ‘Vatala,’ Mustafa Pur is ‘Mustrapur,’ Hafizaabad is ‘Havejanbad,’ etc. Similarly, Qadian is called ‘Kadee’ which is nearer ‘Kadea.’
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