Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Parts1-2

112 Barahin-e-ahmadiyya
Christians are emerging who, on account of their pure nature and
takes Hadrat ‘Isa [Jesus] to be the special son of God, his tongue is
loosened against all Prophets. Matters have been made even worse by
certain Gospel statements in which all Prophets prior to Hadrat Masih
[Jesus], may peace be on him, are described as ‘thieves and robbers.’
Such conceited remarks could never be attributed to a righteous person,
let alone Jesus, who was so meek, humble and selfless that he did
not allow anyone to call him good. how then could such haughty and
disparaging words be attributed to him? No doubt, if we call God’s
noble Prophets thieves and robbers, we ourselves would be a thousand
times worse. If the hearts upon which holy revelation descended were
not holy, how could they be deemed fit to receive the holy revelation?
Maligning God’s chosen ones is nothing but a cruel attempt at deception.
It is pitiful, indeed, that the very people who are in thrall to their
egos, and are engrossed in what is wholly mundane, should utter derogatory
remarks about the elect of God. Brothers! You must believe
the Prophets to be holy, virtuous and perfect so that the Books that
descended upon them may also be regarded as holy, for how could
the holy Books be revealed to impure hearts? can the datura [stramonium]
plant bear grapes, or can the akk [swallow-wort] produce
figs? If you find the water of a spring pure and clean, then its source
must also be considered pure and clean. Moreover, if those Prophets
were not God’s most loyal and righteous servants, this would expose
God to the objection that he is unable to tell a true gem from a false
one. In that case, it would have to be admitted, God forbid, that like
the evil-disposed people, God is in league with thieves and robbers.
Just think whether these holy people, who act as bridges between God
and man and spread heavenly light in the world, ought to be perfect
or imperfect, truthful or liars? If the Prophets themselves failed in
their final objective—which was to establish people on true doctrines
and appropriate conduct—who would have listened to them and how
could their words have had any effect? To them even the illiterate
would retort, ‘Physician, heal thyself.’ Besides, what kind of justice,
decency, or piety is it to speak with such disrespect and indignity of
God’s Messengers as if they were some sort of low menial workers and,
at the same time, not settling for anything less than a stream of praise
when speaking of worldly people. Is it fair to stand up in honour of