AAMI
28th January '96
Jesus in Ahmadiyyat
Part IV (d)
Jesus Accused of False Prophecies
When Mirza Ghulam, the Self Proclaimed Maseel Maseeh and Promised Messiah,
consistently failed in
getting his so-called divinely inspired prophecies, he scoffed at the
prophecies of other Prophets. Not only
Jesus Christ but he also blasphemed Holy Prophet Mohammed SAAW by saying
that his prophecies also turned out to be false. This will be discussed,
InshaAllah, in a seperate article.
For the present, reader is invited to discover what he has to say about the
prophecies of Jesus.
As before, Mirza has first thrusted the blame for his accusations on others
and
then regarded this as an unbriddled licence allowing him to draw defamatory
conclusions:
"Alas! to whom can we express our grief that
three prophecies
of the Messiah proved to be outrightly false!"
(A'jaz-e-Ahmadi, Roohani Khazain vol 19,
p.121)
"Doesn't the story of the pond dwindle the glamour of the
Messiah's miracles?
And the state of his prophecies is worse than that! What kind of prophecies
are these
that there will be earthquakes, lives will be destroyed, wars will be
fought, famine will befall?
And the thing that is more sorrowful than this is the fact that the number
of the prophecies of
Mr Messiah which did not come true is more than those which did."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.106)
"The prophecies of this helpless man (Jesus) were merely that there will be earthquakes, famines
and wars.... Why did this Israelite term these common occurences as prophecies?"
(Zamima Anjam-e-Atham, Roohani Khazain vol 11 p.288)
It is worth noting that, while disparaging the prophecies of earthquakes or lives destroyed etc by Jesus, Mirza himself
on several occasions prophecised the same events and considered them to be the proof of his
truthfulness and prophethood.
Mirza Ghulam did not rely on the ridiculing the miracles and prophecies alone.
He utilised every opportunity to downgrade Jesus.
See the following quotation:
"Jesus, peace be upon him, repented for his sins at the hands of John the Baptist
and became one of his select disciples. This decides the excellence of John the Baptist
over Jesus because it is not proven that John the Baptist ever repented at the hands of
anyone."
(Dafi'-al-Bala, Roohani Khazain vol 18 p.220)
Go to Part IV(e) - Mirza Claims Excellence over Jesus
Back to Home Page