Another interesting and fancy interpretation in tareekh e ahmadiyyat is Mirza’s Messiahship claim by two yellow sheets. In interpreting the Traditions which mention certain details of the descent of the Messiah and in applying them to himself, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad indulges in great extravagance of imagination. He puts forward the most far-fetched meaning and comes forward with the most ridiculous notions as if he were sure of the absolute gullibility of his readers.
Two Yellow Sheets & Mirza’s Messiahship Claim
For instance, his opponents pointed out that the Traditions on the basis of which he had argued his case and upon which he had based his claim also stated that at the time of his descent, the Messiah would be clad in two yellow sheets. Replying to that, he says:
“I am a permanently sick man. And the two yellow sheets which have been mentioned in the Traditions as those which would be worn by the Messiah when he would come down. These two sheets are with me and these are, according to the science of interpretation of dreams, two ailments. Hence, one of these sheets is on my upper part so that headache and giddiness and insomnia and palpitation of the heart come to me in the form of fits. The other sheet which is on the lower part of my body is diabetes which has afflicted me for quite a long time so that often I have urinated a hundred times during the night and day. And due to this frequency of urination I am afflicted with all those ailments of debility which generally result from such a disease.”[1]
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[1]Appendices of Arbain, Nos. 3 and 4, p 4., Roohani Khazain, vol. XVII, p. 470-71.
