Qadian In The Qur’an?

The scholars who are raising these allegations are not illiterate. We cannot say that they have not opened our books and do not know the context to these allegations. In fact, these are allegations which have been repeated for countless of years and we have answers these allegations many times. The mullahs raise such allegations so that the public increase in their hate for Ahmadi Muslims. The allegation which they have raised is that Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) has written that Qadian is written in the Qur’an but because it is not there, this is a lie.

Here we have the book Izala-e-Auham and in this very same context, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) writes: “No book of Hadith nor the Qur’an mentions the word Qadian”

Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) has written on these very same pages that Qadian is not mentioned in the Qur’an or Ahadith. So what is Hadrat Ahmad (as) mentioning here? Hadrat Ahmad (as) received a revelation which is as follows:

إنا أنزلناه قريباً من القاديان وبالحق أنزلناه وبالحق نزل صدق الله ورسوله وكان أمر الله مفعولاً

That is [Arabic] We have caused these Signs and wonders and this revelation filled with points of wisdom and verity, to descend near Qadian

After this, Hadrat Ahmad (as) has written that when I focussed on this, it meant that my coming has been prophesied and in this revelation, Qadian has been made to resemble Damascus. He (as) writes:

Deep reflection on this revelation shows that the reference to Qadian in the revelation indicates that my appearance in Qadian had been foretold in previous scriptures. Now that this new revelation has shown that in Allah’s estimation Qadian resembles Damascus, the meanings of the earlier revelation has been clarified.… The interpretation is:

إنا أنزلناه قريبا من دمشق بطرف شرقي عند المنارة البيضاء

[Arabic] [We have sent it down close to Damascus on eastern side near the White Minaret.]

It is to be noted that my place of residence is on the eastern edge of Qadian (Izala-e-Auham, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 3, p. 138-139)

One of the commentaries Hadrat Ahmad (as) has given is that the main centers of Islam were Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem so why would East of Damascus be mentioned as the place where the Messiah descends? Hadrat Ahmad (as) explained that in reality, Qadian is called Damascus in the spiritual sense because Damascus is where people of Yazid’s nature lived as this was the headquarter of Yazid. In the same way, Qadian had such people which needed that spiritual reformation which is why the Messiah had to appear here.

Then he (as) writes in a state of vision I saw.

Prophets and believers see dreams and some are also blessed to see visions. Dreams are shown while we are asleep while visions are when we are a in a state of wakefulness. Hadrat Ahmad (as) did not say I literally saw Qadian in the Qur’an. He mentioned that this was a vision shown to me. Sometimes visions are taken literally while at other times, they are interpreted.

We see this from the Qur’an itself. In Surah Yusuf we have many examples of dreams and how they are meant to be interpreted.

إِذْ قَالَ يُوسُفُ لِأَبِيهِ يَا أَبَتِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَبًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي سَاجِدِينَ {4} قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ لَا تَقْصُصْ رُؤْيَاكَ عَلَىٰ إِخْوَتِكَ فَيَكِيدُوا لَكَ كَيْدًا ۖ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ {5} وَكَذَٰلِكَ يَجْتَبِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَيُعَلِّمُكَ مِنْ تَأْوِيلِ الْأَحَادِيثِ وَيُتِمُّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ يَعْقُوبَ كَمَا أَتَمَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَبَوَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ {6}

Remember the time when Joseph said to his father, ‘O my father, I saw in a dream eleven stars and the sun and the moon, I saw them making obeisance to me.’ He said, ‘O my darling son, relate not thy dream to thy brothers, lest they contrive a plot against thee; for Satan is to man an open enemy. (Chapter 12 verse 5-7)

Now the stars, sun and moon only prostrate to Allah. Hadrat Yusuf (as) narrated this dream to Hadrat Yaqub (as) who did not say that you are a liar nor did he put any edict on him. Instead, he followed the way of the Prophets of the past and interpreted the dream. In the same Surah, we have other examples of dreams of the prisoners which were also interpreted and not taken literally.

Then regarding the Battle of Badr, the dream the Prophet Muhammad (sa) saw is mentioned in the Qur’an. Allah States:

إِذْ يُرِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَنَامِكَ قَلِيلًا ۖ وَلَوْ أَرَاكَهُمْ كَثِيرًا لَفَشِلْتُمْ وَلَتَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ سَلَّمَ ۗ إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ

When Allah showed them to thee in thy dream as few; and if He had shown them to thee as many, you would have surely faltered and would have disagreed with one another about the matter; but Allah saved you. Surely, He has full knowledge of what is in your breasts.(Chapter 8 Verse 44)

These opponents would perhaps mock this dream of the Prophet Muhammad (sa) and declare him false as well. Then in Sahih al-Bukhari, we have a dream of the Prophet Muhammad (sa).

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَرْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ نَشِيطٍ ـ وَكَانَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ـ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ قَالَ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ الْكَذَّابَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَنَزَلَ فِي دَارِ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ، وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُ بِنْتُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كُرَيْزٍ، وَهْىَ أُمُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ، فَأَتَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعَهُ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ شَمَّاسٍ، وَهْوَ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ خَطِيبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفِي يَدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضِيبٌ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ فَكَلَّمَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مُسَيْلِمَةُ إِنْ شِئْتَ خَلَّيْتَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ الأَمْرِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلْتَهُ لَنَا بَعْدَكَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ لَوْ سَأَلْتَنِي هَذَا الْقَضِيبَ مَا أَعْطَيْتُكَهُ وَإِنِّي لأَرَاكَ الَّذِي أُرِيتُ فِيهِ مَا أُرِيتُ، وَهَذَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ وَسَيُجِيبُكَ عَنِّي ‏”‏‏.‏ فَانْصَرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ رُؤْيَا، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الَّتِي ذَكَرَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ذُكِرَ لِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏”‏ بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُرِيتُ أَنَّهُ وُضِعَ فِي يَدَىَّ سِوَارَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَفُظِعْتُهُمَا وَكَرِهْتُهُمَا، فَأُذِنَ لِي فَنَفَخْتُهُمَا فَطَارَا، فَأَوَّلْتُهُمَا كَذَّابَيْنِ يَخْرُجَانِ ‏”‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ أَحَدُهُمَا الْعَنْسِيُّ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ فَيْرُوزُ بِالْيَمَنِ، وَالآخَرُ مُسَيْلِمَةُ الْكَذَّابُ‏.‏

Narrated Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah bin `Utba:We were informed that Musailima Al-Kadhdhab had arrived in Medina and stayed in the house of the daughter of Al-Harith. The daughter of Al-Harith bin Kuraiz was his wife and she was the mother of `Abdullah bin ‘Amir. There came to him Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) accompanied by Thabit bin Qais bin Shammas who was called the orator of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had a stick i n his hand then. The Prophet (ﷺ) stopped before Musailima and spoke to him. Musailima said to him, “If you wish, we would not interfere between you and the rule, on condition that the rule will be ours after you… The Prophet said, “If you asked me for this stick, I would not give it to you. I think you are the same person who was shown to me in a dream. And this is Thabit bin Al-Qais who will answer you on my behalf.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then went away. I asked Ibn `Abbas about the dream Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had mentioned. Ibn `Abbas said, “Someone told me that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When I was sleeping, I saw in a dream that two gold bangles were put in my hands, and that frightened me and made me dislike them. Then I was allowed to blow on them, and when I blew at them, both of them flew. Then I interpreted them as two liars who would appear.’ One of them was Al-`Ansi who was killed by Fairuz in Yemen and the other was Musailima Al-Kadhdbab.”(Sahih Bukhari Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith #662)

The Prophet Muhammad (sa) was wearing two golden bangles in this dream, although wearing gold is forbidden for the Muslims. The companions waited for the interpretation.

Hadrat Umm Fadl (ra) saw a dream of the limbs of the Prophet Muhammad (sa) in her house. It is narrated:

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ قَابُوسَ، قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ الْفَضْلِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ فِي بَيْتِي عُضْوًا مِنْ أَعْضَائِكَ قَالَ ‏”‏ خَيْرًا رَأَيْتِ تَلِدُ فَاطِمَةُ غُلاَمًا فَتُرْضِعِيهِ ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فَوَلَدَتْ حُسَيْنًا أَوْ حَسَنًا فَأَرْضَعَتْهُ بِلَبَنِ قُثَمَ قَالَتْ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَوَضَعْتُهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ فَبَالَ فَضَرَبْتُ كَتِفَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏”‏ أَوْجَعْتِ ابْنِي رَحِمَكِ اللَّهُ ‏”‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated that Qabus said:

“Umm Fadl said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! It is as if I saw (in a dream) one of your limbs in my house.’ He said: ‘What you have seen is good. Fatimah will give birth to a boy and you will breastfeed him.’ Fatimah gave birth to Husain or Hasan, and I breastfed him with the milk of Qutham.’ She said: ‘I brought him to the Prophet (ﷺ) and placed him in his lap, and he urinated, so I struck him on the shoulder.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “You have hurt my son, may Allah have mercy on you. (Sunan Ibn Maja, Hadith #3923)

The mullahs of today would have put a fatwa on Hadrat Umm Fadl (ra) as well.

Now we will turn to some of the dreams and visions of famous saints of the ummah and ask the Muslims what their edict would be regarding them.

In the famous book Kashful Mahjoob, Hadrat Data Ganj Baksh sahib (ra) had written the qualities of Hadrat Imam Abu Hanifa (ra). He writes:

Hadrat Imam Abu Hanifa (rh) saw a dream that he was gathering the bones of the Prophet Muhammad (sa) in his grave. He was choosing some over the others and became afraid and woke up. He went to a companion of Ibn Sirin (rh) and asked him about this. The person did not put a fatwa upon him nor did he call him a blasphemer. He said that this means you will defend the sunnah and through you, Islam will spread. You will separate authentic narrations from the weak ones.

We find similar narrations in the Manaqib of Imam Abu Hanifa (rh) by Imam al-Dhahabi (rh) as well:

We then turn to a famous dream of Hadrat Abdul Qadir Jilani (rh) who is known as the greatest saint of Islam. Hadrat Abdul Qadir Jilani (rh) saw a dream that he was in the lap of hadrat Aisha (ra) and was suckling on her right breast. After this, he (rh) drank out of the left breast as well and the Prophet Muhammad (sa) entered and said he is your real son.

Next we turn to the dream of a famous saint Hadrat Khawaja Tonswi (rh). He saw a dream that he was standing on the Qur’an with both of his feet. When he asked Muhammad Ali the interpretation, he said that this means you are truly following the Shariah.

We then turn to a dream of a Deobandi which was authenticated and supported by Ashraf Ali Thanvi sahib, an opponent of the Jamaat and the leading scholar of the Deobandi sect. One of his followers saw a dream in which he was reciting the kalimah : La ila ha ilallah Ashraf Ali Rasulullah. After this, Ashraf Ali Thanvi didn’t declare him a disbeliever or put any edict on him. The follower then said that he woke up from his dream but continued to have this on his tongue and went on to send durood upon Ashraf Ali’s name. We do not support this dream but it is to show that when it comes to their own books, they know that dreams are interpreted.

Ashraf Ali Thanvi then said your dream means you are following someone who is upon the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (sa)

Then Ashraf Ali Thanvi writes a dream from the time of Hadrat Shah Abdul Aziz sahib (rh) where a person saw that he urinated on the Qur’an God forbid and he was told that this is a blessed dream and means that you will have a son who will be a Hafiz and this is exactly what had happened:

Then we have the famous dream of Hadrat Shah Ismail Shaheed sahib (ra) who was given a bath from Hadrat Ali (ra) and Hadrat Fatima (ra) which is obviously not possible as he was born more than 1200 years later: