Prophecies of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the founder of the Ahmadiyya religious movement. He based the validity of his claims on the fulfillment of prophecies made by him.[citation needed]

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[edit] Prophecies

A selection of prophecies that his followers claim were fulfilled:

[edit] The World-War of 1914 and Downfall of the Russian Czar

Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claim that he predicted the onset of the first world war and the downfall of the Russian Czar in the following prophecy:

“ A sign is going to be manifest some days after this date. The villages and cities and fields shall be in a state of revolution on account of it. All of a sudden all shall severely quake by a quaking, mortal and trees and mountains and seas. In the twinkling of an eye this earth shall turn upside down. Streams of blood shall flow as the water of rivers. Those who don robes white like Jessamine at the night the morning will make them (blood stained) like chanar trees. The travelers shall feel the severity of the hour; those who are on the way shall lose the way losing their senses as it were. The great and the small shall all be in a state of prostration on account of fear. Even the Czar shall at that hour be in a state of utmost distress. That Divine sign shall be a sample of wrath; the heaven shall assault drawing forth its sword (Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya, part 5th, p.120,)[1] ”
“ The date this day is 15th April 1905." and (2) "In the Divine revelation the work Zalzalah (meaning a quaking or earthquake), is repeated again and again.... But I cannot yet with certainty take the word in its literal significance. It might be that it is not an ordinary earthquake but some terrible disaster which should bring about a scene of the judgment Day, and a sever destruction should come upon lives and buildings."[2] ”

[edit] Pandit Lekh Ram's Assassination

Pandit Lekh Ram, a secretary of the Arya Samaj, was a contemporary of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Because of his derogatory characterizations of prophet Muhammad[3] he was in constant conflict with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to have received multiple prophecies[4][5] regarding his death:

“ "Like the Samiritan Claf, lekh Ram shall be cut into pieces." Published February 22, 1893,[6] ”
“ "On April 2, 1893, I beheld in a vision that a stout and sturdy man, frightful to look at, with blood trickling from his face, stood in front of me. He seemed not a creature of this earth but one of the infernal beings whose appearance struck terror into the hearts. Where is Lekh Ram? He growled in a roaring voice and named one more man. I knew that he had been deputed for the chastisement of Lekh Ram and and the other person"[7] ”

Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad believe that this prophecy was fulfilled when on March 6, 1897, when Pandit Lekh Ram was brutally murdered with a dagger by a stranger.[8]

[edit] The Great Earthquake of Kangra

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad also claimed to have predicted the great earthquake of Karanga[9] which devastated the valley of Karanga in 1905.

In 1885 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to have received the following revelation:

“ "The Most High God shall manifest His glory unto the mountain and crush it to pieces" Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya[10] ”

And in December 1903 he published another revelation in Al-Hakam, December 24, 1903,[11] warning of an impending earthquake. This was followed by another claiming that the earthquake will affect Punjab.[12]

On June 8, 1904 the warning was repeated:

“ "Permanent and temporary residences in this part of the country shall be swept out of existence but all those people who shall be within the four wall of your following, We shall preserve and protect in this deadly incident"[13] ”

On April 3, 1905, a day before the earthquake Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to have received a revelation informing him that the hour of destruction that he had been imformed about had arrived.[14]

[edit] Criticism

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad wrote in his books: To Judge my truthfulness or lies, there is no better test than my prophecies.[15] His critics claim many instances on which the prophecies were not fulfilled.[16]

[edit] Prophecies and Mubahala Concerning Mr. Abdullah Khan Atham

He repeatedly prophesied a miserable death for Abdullah Khan Atham, a Christian, in a debate, which Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's critics claim did not come to pass.[17]

Ahmadiyya View:

Ahmadiyya Muslims answer the critics by claiming that the original prophecy which was published in the book "Jang e Muqaddas" did not prophecise his death but his being put into the "haavia", which means hell or great torment. They aruge that Atham was in constant fear and backed out of his Anti-Islam stance for the 15 months of the prophecy. Ahmadiyya Muslims say that only after much jubilation was shown by the opponents of Ahmad upon Atham being alive once the time limit of the original prophecy expired, did Mirza Ghulam Ahmad prophecise of Atham's death (conditional upon Atham not publicly repenting). They point out that Abdullah Atham eventually died on July 27, 1896 after Mirza Ghluam Ahmad had made the prophecy of his death on September 30, 1895,[18]

[edit] Prophecies Regarding Marriage to Mohammadi Begum

See also: Prophecies of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad about Mohammadi Begum

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's critics claim that his repeated assertions that his marriage to Mohammadi Begum was ordained by God were never fulfilled. He said:

“ "The Almighty God has told me that I should send a marriage proposal to the elder daughter of a Ahmad Baig; he has also ordered you to accept me as your first son in law and derive light from my knowledge and wisdom. Furthermore, I am to inform you that I have been granted the permission to execute the deed of the land you are interested in and bestow upon you additional land and other favors, provided you wed your daughter to me. This is the only treaty between you and I. So, if you accept, I will accept this too. If you do not accept, then God has ordered me to warn you that -- in case the girl is married to someone else -- it will not be auspicious for you or her."[19][20][21] ”

and,

“ "As a token of the Almighty’s favor to this humble person, Allah has ordained that, should Mirza Ahmad Baig refuse to wed his elder daughter to me, he will be considered Allah’s enemy and a disbeliever (Kafir). Additionally, as a punishment for his disbelief, Mirza Baig will die within three years of this refusal and any other man who marries Muhammadi Begum will die within two and half years of the date of his wedding. Muhammadi Begum is destined -- by the almighty Allah -- to ultimately become my wife."[19][20][21] ”

he also said:

“ I am making not one, but six predictions: (1) I will be alive at the time of the wedding of Muhammadi Begum (2) Mirza Baig will also be alive at the time of the wedding of his daughter (3) Mirza Baig will die within three years of the date of the wedding (4) The Groom will also die within two and half years of the date of the wedding (5) Muhammadi Begum will remain alive until she becomes my wife (6) Despite disagreement of all her relatives, she will finally marry me."[19][20][21] ”

However, Muhammadi Begum married an orthodox Muslim, Mirza Sultan Ahmad. They lived together for forty years after Ghulam Ahmad's death in 1908. Mirza Sultan Ahmad finally died in 1948 and Muhammadi Begum passed away in 1966, decades after Ghulam Ahmad's prophecies.

Ahmadiyya View:

However, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s followers contend that the Prophecy was in parts and conditional upon the status quo of certain circumstances and hence did not require absolute fulfillment.

Mirza Ghluam Ahmad’s followers claim that the background of the prophecy was related to the secanrio wherein the family of Muhamamdi Begum had begun to turn away from Islam and under influence of Hindu customs had begun to regard marriage among blood cousins as foul. Morevoer they had also begun to abuse and denoune the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), particularly his marriage to Hazrat Zainab (daughter of the The Prophet’s pbuh aunt). Even a book to this effect was distributed widely by these poople, about which Mirza Ghulam Ahmad wrote:[22]

"When the scurrilous book came to my hands I read therein such a grossly abusive language against the Most High God and His Holy Prophet as would lacerate the hearts of the believers and rip open and rend the Muslims' minds. The profane words, it appeared to me, would tear asunder the very heavens. So I shut myself in a room and prostrated before the Great God of the heavens and the earth and prayed most humbly: O my Lord, O my Lord, help Your servant and disgrace Your enemy."

(A'inah Kamalat Islam, page 569)

It is claimed his prayer was answered and God revealed to him[22]

"We have seen their wickedness and transgression, because of which a grievous punishment shall come upon their heads. Their women, We shall make them widows, and orphan their children. Their places of residence We shall destroy and demolish, so that they may bear the fruit of their deeds. But We shall not strike them with a single blow, but slowly that they may turn to the truth and become repentant."

(ibid., page 569-570)

Similarly the prophecy was further elaborated as:

"I am making not one, but six predictions: (1) I will be alive at the time of the wedding of Muhammadi Begum (2) Mirza Baig will also be alive at the time of the wedding of his daughter (3) Mirza Baig will die within three years of the date of the wedding (4) The Groom will also die within two and half years of the date of the wedding (5) Muhammadi Begum will remain alive until she becomes my wife (6) Despite disagreement of all her relatives, she will finally marry me."[19][20][21]

Ahmadi Muslims claim that the prophecy read in totality shows that it was in parts and with the aim to bring the family of Muhamadi Begum to “turn to the truth and become repentant” (A'inah Kamalat Islam, page 569),[22] and hence was conditional upon them not repenting. In fact Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was personally averse to the idea of this marriage as he wrote in a letter dated 20 June 1886, “Come what may, I am determined to keep away from and avoid this marriage until I am forced unto it by an express command of the Most High God."[23] His followers point out that after Muhammadi Begum’s marriage parts 1-3 of the prophecy were fulflled as predicted, culminating in the death of Muhammadi Begum’s father within 6 months of her marriage. It is claimed that after fulfillment of the 3 parts, the stated conditions changed, i.e., the remaining family of Muhammadi Begum repented from turning away from Islam and hence the remainig parts of the prohecy did not to pass.[22] In the word of Mirza Ghluam Ahmad:

"I have in earlier announcements mentioned some of the letters which reached me from these people [relatives of Muhammadi Begum], expressing repentance, fear and turning to truth. If this principle is not true according to the Quran and the Bible that the period specified in a prophecy of threatened punishment can be delayed, then the objection of every critic is right and justified. But if from the Quran and the Bible it is repeatedly proved that the time of punishment can be postponed if repentance and fear is shown then it is the height of dishonesty for anyone calling himself a Muslim or a Christian to object to this which is proved from the Holy Quran and earlier scriptures. ...

"The matter can be easily decided. Persuade Sultan Muhammad to publish an announcement charging me with falsehood. Then if he should survive whatever term is appointed by God the Most High, I may be condemned as a liar. ... It is essential that the threatened death be withheld from him until that time comes which makes him bold and audacious. If you want to make it come quickly, then go and embolden him and make him a denier and bring an announcement from him, and then see the spectacle of Divine power."

(Anjam Atham, page 29 and 32)[22]

He also wrote

"As to the affair of Ahmad Beg's son-in-law, I have written many times that that prophecy consisted of two branches. One was about the death of Ahmad Beg, the other was about the death of his son-in-law, and the prophecy was conditional. Therefore Ahmad Beg, because of not fulfilling the condition, died within the term, and his son-in-law, and likewise his relatives, benefited from the condition by fulfilling it. It was a natural consequence that the death of Ahmad Beg strike their hearts with terror because both of them were included in the prophecy ... So the death of Ahmad Beg cast such fear upon the other named man and his relatives that they became like dead with fear. The result was that the head of the family, who was the main instigator in this affair [of getting Muhammadi Begum married to Sultan Muhammad], took the Pledge to join my movement."

(Haqiqat-ul-Wahy, pages 132-134)[22]

The husband of Muhamadi Begum himself wrote in 1921, few years after Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s death.

"My father-in-law, Mirza Ahmad Beg, in fact died precisely in accordance with the prophecy. But God the Most High is also the most merciful. He listens to other men also, and showers His mercy on them. ... I state upon my conscience that the prophecy relating to the marriage has not left any doubt whatsoever in my mind. As for the bai`at [i.e. taking the Pledge to join the Movement], I declare upon solemn oath that the trust and faith which I repose in Hazrat Mirza sahib is, I think, not possessed even by you who have entered the bai`at."

(Al-Fazl, 9 June 1921)[22]

[edit] Prophecies Regarding the birth of Sons to his wife

He made multiple prophecies regarding birth of sons to his wife. These, his critics claimed, were not fulfilled.[24]

Ahmadiyya View:

The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement believe that the prophecies related to the "promised son" are allegorical in nature,[25] while the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community believe that the prophecy was fulfilled in the person of Mian Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad.

[edit] Prophecies Concerning the Plague and Qadian

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad predicted that the plague that became rampant in Punjab will not enter Qadian, the dwelling place of God's prophet (himself)! However his critics point out that not only did the plague spread to Qadian, it also took the life of several people in his own house. He said:

“ "Plague has now spared even our own house. The elderly Ghausan (an elderly woman) was afflicted by it. We expelled her from the house. Ustad Muhammad Din was also struck with plague. We turned him out too. Today, another woman who was visiting us and had come from Delhi was also struck with plague. I also fell seriously ill and I felt that between me and death were only a few seconds."[26] ”

Ahmadiyya View:

Followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad do not however agree with this view. They maintain that only the true believers in Mirza Ghulam Ahmad were promised protection from the plague according to the prophecy, which they say was the case.[27]

[edit] Sources and references

  1. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  2. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  3. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 42, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  4. ^ ”Aiyna Kamalat Islam”, February 1893
  5. ^ ”Karamat Sadaqeen”, August 1893
  6. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 44, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  7. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 45, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  8. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 46, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  9. ^ ”Al-Hakam”, Qadian, December 24, 1903
  10. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 19, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  11. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 19, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  12. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 20, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  13. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 20, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  14. ^ Prophecies of the Promised Messiah(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian) by Mirza Masum Beg, page 20, from The Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam, aaiil.org
  15. ^ Mirza Ghulam Qadiani's False Predictions, from Roohany Khazaen, Vol. 19, P. 288
  16. ^ The False Prophecies of a False Prophet, irsahd.org
  17. ^ Mirza Ghulam Qadiani's predictions on Abdullah Khan Atham, irshad.org. Excerpts in (Urdu) Haraf-i-Muhrimana by Ghulam Jilani Barq p-231, khatm-e-nubuwwat.org
  18. ^ Beg, Mirza Masum, Prophecies of the Promised Messiah, Ahmadiyyah Anjuman Isha'at-i-Islam, page 53) [1]
  19. ^ a b c d Mirza Ghulam Qadiani's predictions on Muhammadi Begum, irshad.org. (a) Aaiana-e-Kamalat-e-Islam Dar Khazain, Vol. 5, P. #572, (b) Tableeg-e-Resalat, Vol. 1 , P. 61 -- Collection of Posters-102, Vol. 1 -- Hashia; Feb. 20,1886, (c) Aaina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam Dar Roohani Khazain, P. 325/57
  20. ^ a b c d Original references in (Urdu): Qaumi Digest - Qadiani number p-85, from khatm-e-nubuwwat.org
  21. ^ a b c d Original references in (Urdu): Haraf-i-Muhrimana by Ghulam Jilani Barq p-220, from khatm-e-nubuwwat.org
  22. ^ a b c d e f g The Prophecy about Muhammadi Begum: Compiled by Dr. Zahid Aziz
  23. ^ [2] "His Holiness" X-rayed by Mirza Masum Beg, p 477-48
  24. ^ Mirza Ghulam Qadiani's predictions on Multiple Sons, irshad.org. Excerpts in (Urdu) Haraf-i-Muhrimana by Ghulam Jilani Barq p-243, khatm-e-nubuwwat.org
  25. ^ The Truth of Hazrat Mirza Sahib's Prophecy Concerning the Appearance of the Musleh Mauood
  26. ^ Mirza Ghulam Qadiani's predictions on Plague, irshad.org. Quote from Maktubat-i-Ahmadiyya, Vol 5, P. 115) Excerpts in (Urdu) Haraf-i-Muhrimana by Ghulam Jilani Barq p-251, khatm-e-nubuwwat.org
  27. ^ Summary of Kishti-i-Nooh (Noah's Ark)

[edit] See also

Prophecies of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
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The World-War of 1914 and Downfall of the Russian Czar | Pandit Lekh Ram's Assassination | The Great Earthquake of Kangra | Death of Abdullah Khan Atham | Marriage to Mohammadi Begum | Birth of Sons to his wife | Plague in Qadian

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