Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 132
132 not have had more children. But God, the Creator, withdrew in his case the operation of His attribute of creation after this revelation. The man was still young and survived the revelation for nearly fifteen years, but no more children were born to him, and he died in 1907, confirming the truth of this revelation. If matters had stopped there, this alone would have been a mighty proof of God’s attribute of creation, but further and even stronger proof was added. When Sa‘dullah died, the enemies of the Promised Messiah as objected that the prophecy had not been fulfilled as Sa‘dullah had left a son who survived him. They arranged a marriage for Sa‘dullah’s son in the hope that he might beget children and thus falsify the prophecy that had been made con- cerning Sa‘dullah. The Promised Messiah as replied to his opponents in his book, the Haqiqatul-Wahi , that as Sa‘dullah’s son was in existence at the time when the revelation concerning his father was received, his surviving Sa‘dullah did not affect the truth or fulfilment of the prophecy. The prophecy could only be rendered doubtful if he should beget a child. The Promised Messiah as again affirmed that the young man would remain without children and Sa‘dullah’s line would become extinct. It so happened that although the ene- mies of the Promised Messiah as persuaded Sa‘dullah’s son to marry two wives in the hope that he might beget a son, no child was born to him. Normally it would require great boldness and may even be rash to say concerning a young man that he would remain childless. When the Promised Messiah as published this concerning Sa‘dullah’s son, one of his