Volume Number |
1 |
Book Number |
3 |
Progressive Number |
3 |
Title of the Book |
Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya (Part III) |
English Version: |
Arguments in Support of the Holy Quran and the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet(sa) (Part III) |
Language |
Urdu |
Number of Pages |
138-2731 |
Year Written |
1879 |
Year Printed |
1882 |
Name of the Press |
Safir-e-Hind Press, Amritsar |
He devoted the third part of the Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya to expounding the beauties of the Holy Quran in such a fashion that the superiority of the teachings of the Holy Quran was established with pure logic. The Promised Messiah(as) maintained with a conviction that comes only from Divine guidance that the Holy Quran is a unique book offering a perfect guidance for mankind, and a guidance that could have been revealed by God alone. The Promised Messiah(as) answered a number of objections that were levelled against the Holy Quran and claimed that he himself was the recipient of the Divine revelation and ready to demonstrate its truth. He explained various forms in which God communicates His Will to man in a very authoritative manner.
Ever since the appearance in the world of the sun of righteousness in the blessed person of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) up to this day, thousands of persons who possessed the capacity and the ability, by following the Divine word and obeying the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him), have arrived at the high ranks that we have mentioned and continue to do so. God Almighty continuously bestowed upon them such favours, bounties, support and help that it is proved to those possessing clear sight that such people are Divine favourites, who are under the grand shadow of Divine bounty and are recipients of great grace. Observers can see clearly that these people are honoured with extraordinary favours and are distinguished by wonderful signs and perfumed with the fragrance of love and enjoy the pride of being accepted of God. The light of the All-Powerful so fills their companionship, their attention, their resolve, their moral qualities, their way of living, their joy, their anger, their desire, their dislike, their movement and their rest, their speech and their silence, and their outer and inner selves, as a clear and transparent glass receptacle is filled with excellent perfume.2
1 Note: It may be noted here that in the original editions of the books as published by the Promised Messiah(as), Huzoor used progressive number in pages. So when the second volume ended on page 137, progressive number continued in the third volume, that is how the third volume starts with page number 138 and ends with page number 278. The fourth volume begins from page 279 and ends at page 572. However, Hazrat Jalal-ud-Din Shams(ra), in order to preserve the integrity of the books and the page numbers used in the edition as published by the Promised Messiah(as), retained those page numbers, and these page numbers are shown in the margin of each page as published by Islam International Publications Limited. Hazrat Jalal-ud-Din Shams(ra) had to use different numerical order of pages which became necessary on account of a different printing format, but nonetheless, he very faithfully preserved Huzoor’s page numbers which are shown in the margin of each page of the book and thereby preserved and maintained the purity of each book.
2 Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, p. 443-444 sub-footnote 3, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 1, pp. 529-532 Sub-Footnote 3