Healing Miracles of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS)

Introduction

It is well known that Ahmad AS healed many people, particularly those that had given up hope or were abandoned by their doctors. He AS writes:

“I, therefore, proclaim it with certainty that nobody on the face of the earth can compete with me in this miracle of healing the sick. And if someone tries to compete with me in this, God shall put him to shame, for this is a special gift of God bestowed upon me to show miraculous Signs.”

[Haqiqatul Wahi, p. 110]

This article will be discussing and explaining some of Ahmad AS’s personal examples of healing, the case of Abdul Kareem, the healing of a severe fever, the healing of TB and many more examples. The article will also explain the similarities of this healing prowess with Hazrat Isa AS.

Examples of Healing

Personal Examples

A beautiful and emotional description of Hazrat Ahmad AS completely recovering from symptoms of a potential stroke within about half an hour of sleep.

On 5 August 1906, the lower half of my body became numb and I could not move one step. Since I had systematically studied books on Greek medicine, I apprehended that these were symptoms of stroke. There was severe pain with it. I was restless. I could not even turn over in bed. During the night, when I was in great pain, I was fearful—only for the sake of faith and for no other reason—that my opponents would gloat over it. Then I supplicated before the Almighty, ‘Of course death is an unavoidable matter. But You know that such a death, and an untimely death, will cause the enemies to rejoice at this misfortune.’ Thereupon, the revelation came to me in a light slumber. Meaning that, God has dominion over everything; and God does not disgrace the believers. Thus, I call to witness God, the Benevolent—in whose hand my life is, and who is also observing at this very moment whether I am lying against Him or telling the truth—that with this revelation I fell asleep for, perhaps, half an hour and when I woke up suddenly, I found that there was no trace of illness left. All were asleep and I got up and began to walk as a test; it was confirmed that I was perfectly well. On witnessing the great might of my Almighty God, I shed tears in gratitude to Him, thinking how Mighty our God is and how fortunate we are to believe in His Holy Word, the Holy Quran, and to follow His Messenger sa, and how unfortunate, indeed, are those who have failed to believe in this God who possesses such wonders.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 300]

Another example is His AS recovery from being brought back from the jaws of death where Maulvi Muhammad Hussain Batalwi’s father was a witness of this.

Once I fell seriously ill with dysenteric colic. For as many as sixteen days I passed blood in stools. The pain was too severe to describe. During those days the late Sheikh Rahim Bakhsh, the revered father of Maulawi Abu Sa‘id Muhammad Husain of Batala, visited me to inquire about my health and he saw my critical condition. And I heard him tell some people that this disease was spreading like an epidemic in those days and that he had just come after offering funeral prayers for someone who had died of the same disease in Batala. And it so happened that a person named Muhammad Bakhsh, a barber and a resident of Qadian, fell ill the same day with the same disease and died on the eighth day.

After the sixteenth day of my sickness, signs of hopelessness became evident and I noted that some of my relatives were crying behind the wall, and, in accordance with the tradition [linked to the Holy Prophet sa], Surah Ya Sin was recited to me thrice. When my condition deteriorated to this stage, God Almighty put in my heart: ‘Stop every other treatment and rub river sand having water with it on your body, while glorifying God and invoking blessings on the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.’ Promptly such sand was procured from the river and I began to rub that sand over my body, simultaneously reciting the prayer ‘Holy is Allah and worthy of all Praise; Holy is Allah, the Great’ and Durūd Sharīf [invocation of blessings upon the Holy Prophet sa]. Each time the sand touched my body, it was as if my body was delivered from fire. In the morning, the illness had totally disappeared. By the morning I received the following revelation: “If you are in doubt concerning what we have sent down to Our servant, then cite a cure like it.”

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 301]

Thirdly, another example of such excruciating toothache, leaving him unable to find peace at all, completely vanishing.

Once I had a severe toothache and could not find a moment’s peace. I inquired of someone if there was any cure for this. He said “The only cure for an aching tooth is its extraction” But I shrank from extraction of the tooth. At that time, I felt drowsy. I was sitting on the floor feeling restless and there was a bedstead nearby. While restless, I placed my head on the foot of the bedstead and a light sleep overtook me. When I woke up there was no sign of the ache, and this revelation was on my lip “When you fall sick, He heals you […] So Allah be praised for all this.”

[Haqiqatul Wahi, Page 302]

Healing of Rabies

This is a miraculous example, of Ahmad AS’s prayers being accepted for a boy who was hours before death. Such a condition in those times where treatment was not as advanced for rabies, could not have been believed to be vanished in mere hours, especially when even the doctors believed he was too far gone to recover. A non-Ahmadi also added near the end “This kind of recovery has never been heard of before. This is the grace of God and the effect of supplication by holy people…”.

The fifth Sign that was manifested in these days was one of the acceptance of prayer, which, in fact, was tantamount to raising the dead. The details of this episode are as follows: ‘AbdulKarim, son of ‘Abdur-Rahman, who is from Hyderabad, Deccan, is a student in our school. He was bitten by a rabid dog and we sent him to Kasauli where he underwent treatment for a few days and then returned to Qadian. But a few days later he began to show signs of madness that are peculiar to being bitten by a rabid dog. He became hydrophobic and his condition deteriorated rapidly.

I was deeply moved out of sympathy for this poor boy, who was so far away from his home, and I felt a special urge to supplicate for him. Everyone thought that the poor boy would expire within a matter of hours. Inevitably, he had to be moved out of the boarding house and placed in a room away from other people. He was given great care and a telegram was sent to the British doctors at Kasauli, inquiring if there was any remedy available for his condition.

The reply came by telegram that there was no remedy for him. This added to my feeling of sympathy for him and I was deeply concerned about this poor boy away from his homeland.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 597]

My friends also insisted that I should pray for him, for his pitiable condition aroused great compassion. I was also afraid that if he died under these dire circumstances, his death would provide the enemies with an occasion to rejoice. This further added to my feeling of sympathy for him and I was moved in an extraordinary manner. Such a feeling cannot be generated by one’s own volition, it can only be caused by God Almighty Himself.

Once such a condition comes about, it is so effective that—by God’s permission—it can well-nigh bring the dead back to life. In short, the condition of absolute reliance on Allah was vouchsafed to me, and when my concern for him reached its ultimate limit and anguish took hold of my heart, the patient—who had been as good as dead—began to show signs of recovery. He who had been so afraid of water and light, at once took a turn for the better and said that he was not afraid of water anymore. He was given water which he drank fearlessly. He then performed ablution with it, offered his Prayer, and slept through the night. His frightful and wild condition disappeared and he recovered completely within a few days.

I was suddenly made to feel that the madness had not come to him as a presage of death; rather, it was meant as a Sign from God. Knowledgeable people affirm that it has never happened that a person bitten by a rabid dog, exhibiting the typical symptoms of rabies, has survived. Can there be a stronger proof than [the fact] that the Physician Specialists officially appointed at [the Pasteur Institute of India] Kasauli, had, in reply to our telegram, categorically certified to the effect that nothing could be done now for ‘Abdul-Karim?

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 598]

Here I must add that when I prayed for this boy, God made me understand that a particular medicine should be administered to the patient which was done a number of times. In the end, the patient recovered which was like the dead coming back to life. Below is reproduced the telegraphic reply from the Physicians at [the Pasteur Institute of India] Kasauli, received in English in reply to our telegram.

“Sorry nothing can be done for Abdul Karim”

A Muslim gentleman, from the office [Pasteur Institute] for treatment of hydrophobia caused by dog bite, was surprised and sent a postcard which stated:

“I was deeply distressed that ‘Abdul-Karim who had been bitten by a mad dog developed rabies symptoms. But I am very happy to learn that he has recovered by means of prayer. This kind of recovery has never been heard of before. This is the grace of God and the effect of supplication by holy people. All praise belongs to Allah.”

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 599]

Healing of a Severe Fever

Once during the days of rampant plague when Qadian was also affected, Maulawi Muhammad ‘Ali M.A developed severe fever. He believed that most probably it was plague and, like a dying person, he made a will and apprised Mufti Muhammad Sadiq of everything. He was living in a part of my house about which God had revealed:

“I shall safeguard all those who dwell in this house.”

At that time, I visited him to inquire about his health. Finding him anxious and worried, I said to him, ‘If you have contracted plague, then I am a liar and my claim to be the recipient of revelation is false.’ Having said this, I put my hand on his pulse. I witnessed this magnificent example of the providence of God that as soon as I touched him, I found his body to be cool without any trace of fever.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 323]

The writer is one of those who by the grace of God enjoy this miraculous protection, and the following personal anecdote would not be without interest. In the year 1904 when the town of Qadian was visited with severe plague, and while plague mortality in the town was at its highest, I felt a severe attack of fever one morning. By noon the fever assumed a fearful aspect, and at that time, I called some of my friends to make over the charge of the affairs entrusted to me. They felt my pulse and had grave apprehension regarding me. At the same time the Promised Messiah was apprised of these circumstances and immediately afterwards he was in my room. My friends were standing there still, when to my utter astonishment as well as theirs it was found that no sooner the Promised Messiah had placed his hand on mine and declared in an authoritative voice that I had no fever at all, the fever asw really gone, and except for the weakness, I felt that I never had an attack of fever.

[Review of Religions May 1907, Volume VI Page 184]

Healing of Tuberculosis

Once an Aryah by the name of Malawamal, contracted tuberculosis and his condition was becoming increasingly hopeless. He saw in a dream that he was bitten by a poisonous snake. Having despaired of his life, he came to me one day and cried [for help]. I prayed for him and received the answer, meaning that, We told the fire of fever to be cold and peaceful. So, he recovered [from his illness] within a week and is still alive.

[Haqiqatul Wahi, Page 338]

Miscellaneous examples of healing

Mirza Sharif Ahmad

Again, at a time when the plague was raging in Qadian, my son, Sharif Ahmad, fell sick and developed high fever which seemed to be typhoid. He fell totally unconscious and was beating about his arms in that unconsciousness. […] When I finished the four raka‘at, I saw him sitting on the bed fully conscious asking for water. I immediately gave him water and when I put my hand on his body there was no sign or trace of fever. His state of delirium, restlessness, and unconsciousness had completely disappeared, and the boy’s condition was of complete health.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 108-109]

Mirza Bashir Ahmad

Once my son, Bashir Ahmad, became ill due to an eye condition. He received treatment for a long time, but to no avail. […] By the grace of God, his eyes were cured the same day.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 109]

Mirza Mubarak Ahmad

My son Mubarak Ahmad became so seriously ill at the age of about two that his condition appeared hopeless. While I was still praying, someone called out, ‘The boy has died!’, which implied that I should stop praying as prayer was of no use anymore. But I did not cease to pray. When I placed my hand on my son’s body while still in the state of my focus towards God Almighty, suddenly I felt that he took a breath and I had not yet moved my hand away when I felt definite signs of life in him and after minutes he regained consciousness and sat up.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 108]

Muhammad Ali Khan

Then, a long time afterwards, it so happened that the son of Nawab Sardar Muhammad Ali Khan, a nobleman of Malerkotla, fell seriously ill in Qadian, and his life was almost despaired of. He beseeched me for prayer. I retired to my Baitud-Du‘a’ [Prayer room] and prayed for him. […] I then prayed fervently and I could feel that this time the prayer would not go unanswered. The boy started to recover that very day; indeed, at that very moment, and it was as if he had come out of his grave.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 109]

Abdur Rahim Khan

‘Abdur-Rahim Khan, son of Sardar Nawab Muhammad ‘Ali Khan, Chief of Malerkotla, once fell sick due to severe typhoid fever and there appeared to be no chance of survival; he seemed as good as dead. At that time, I prayed for him and learnt that it was, as if, an immutable decree. At this, I humbly submitted to God Almighty: ‘O God, I intercede on his behalf.’ In response to this God Almighty said: Meaning that “who can dare intercede for anyone without the permission of God?” At this I fell silent. Then, without a pause, I received this revelation: Meaning that: “Permission is granted to you to intercede.” Then I started praying with great pathos and fervour. Thence God Almighty accepted my prayer and it was as if the boy climbed out of the grave and the signs of health appeared. He had become so frail that it was a long time before he was able to regain his original form and become healthy. He is still alive and well.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 279]

Mir Muhammad Ishaq

Next morning Ishaq, the son of Mir [Nasir Nawab] suffered high fever and became very restless. Tumours appeared in his groin on both sides, and it became certain that it was plague, as plague had broken out in some villages of this district. […] I immediately engaged myself in supplication. After the supplication, I witnessed a wondrous spectacle of divine providence that, within two to three hours, Ishaq’s fever miraculously subsided and no trace of the tumours was left. He not only sat up, but started moving, walking, playing, and running, as if he had never been ill!

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 412-413]

Seth Abdur Rehman

I received a telegram from a true friend of mine and a very sincere devotee, Seth ‘AbdurRahman, merchant of Madras, that he was suffering from carbuncle; that is, from a deadly pustule caused by cancer. […] Afterwards another telegram was received from Madras that the condition was better and there was no cause for worry. […] It was then that God Almighty also brought about an extraordinary outcome and delivered Seth ‘Abdur-Rahman from such a deadly disease as if he were granted a new life. Thus, he writes in his letter, ‘In response to your prayer, God caused a great miracle to happen, for there was no hope for life at all; after the operation, the wound began to heal. Close to it, a new boil appeared which once again had put me in great fear and panic. But later it was found that it was not a carbuncle. In the end, after a few months, I recovered completely.’

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 408-409]

Similarity with Isa AS

Once my younger son, Mubarak Ahmad, fell ill. He was experiencing a series of fainting spells. I was busy praying in the house beside him. A number of ladies were sitting near him when one of them suddenly cried out, ‘Now stop it [praying], for the child has died!’ At this, I came close to the child and placed my hand over his body and turned my attention to God Almighty, and after two or three minutes, the boy began to breathe and I could feel the beat of [his] pulse and the child came to life. Thereupon, it occurred to me that the raising of the dead by ‘Isa, peace be upon him, was also of this kind, but then the ignorant exaggerated it.

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 324]

[Continuing from the incident of Mir Muhammad Ishaq] He not only sat up, but started moving, walking, playing, and running, as if he had never been ill! This, indeed, is giving life to the dead! I proclaim it on oath, that the raising of the dead by Hadrat ‘Isa was absolutely nothing more than this. People can exaggerate his miracles now as much as they like, but this is what the reality was. He who really dies, passing away from this world and the Angel of Death taking his soul away, does not come back at all. Take note that Allah the Exalted says in the Holy Quran “And then He retains those against which He has decreed death” (Surah az-Zumar, 39:43).

[Haqiqatul Wahi Page 412-413]

Challenge of Ahmad AS

He AS proposed a contest to his opponents to distinguish the truth. They should draw lots and divide sick people into two groups to test the acceptance of prayer.

The method for testing the third sign—that of the acceptance of prayer—shall be that the same Board will publish a general announcement for the purpose of procuring people suffering from various afflictions, and these may include people from any religion. The adherent of every faith—whether he is a Muslim, a Christian, a Hindu, a Jew or of any other faith or thinking—if he is in the grip of a grave affliction and offers himself as one of the afflicted ones—shall be accepted without discrimination, since Allah does not differentiate between people of different faiths when it comes to granting corporeal benefits.

[Asmani Faislah Page 29]

The Board shall collect in a box the particulars of all such persons, including their names, parentage and addresses for a month, or as the Board deems fit. Then two balanced and name-wise lists of these persons shall be presented to the two parties—giving details of parentage, ethnic group, residence, faith, profession, and particulars of their afflictions. The two parties shall inspect these afflicted persons and divide the two lists between them by drawing lots. Should an afflicted person be from a far off country and unable to present himself before the two parties by reason of distance and lack of wherewithal, a subsidiary of the Board shall be set up in his town for dispatching the particulars of his affliction to the main Board. All the afflicted persons named in the list allocated to a party by the drawing of lots will be taken to belong to that party as if, through the drawing of lots, the list was allocated by God Almighty Himself. It shall be incumbent upon the Board to publish notices a few weeks earlier for making available the afflicted persons and for ensuring their appearance before the Board on a fixed date. I shall myself bear all expenses for these announcements. A copy of the two lists so prepared and bearing the names of the afflicted persons shall be kept at the Board’s office as well, and that very day will count as the first day of the appointed time of one year. Each party shall continue to pray for the afflicted ones who have fallen to its share and, as per the stated procedure, all the proceedings will be recorded in the Board’s register.

[Asmani Faislah Page 30]

If a party should die within the period of one year, before an estimate can be made of the plentiful acceptance of prayers and of clear victory, and should leave the entire matter of its contest unfinished, even then such a party shall be considered vanquished for the reason that Allah—through a particular intent— kept its work unfinished so as to prove its falsehood. Evaluation of a large number of afflicted ones has been made a condition, for it is only with such numbers that the acceptance of prayer can be tested.

[Asmani Faislah Page 31]

Conclusion

These events of miraculous healing were not only witnessed by his family and followers but also non-Muslims, including the Hindus. From person experiences to various incidents of children and adults being healed of near death experiences of a disease or pain, being cured within days and even less than a few hours. Even when the doctors had given up hope, Allah proved the truthfulness of Hazrat Ahmad AS through these incredible miracles.