Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 13
13 Revelation is God's way of speaking to a personthrough a dream, vision or direct speech. Special people like the prophets can receive revelations in the form of clear words from God. The Promised Messiah, while sleeping, received the following revelation in Arabic: "We call to witness the heavens where all decrees originate, and We call to witness that which will happen after sunset. " He immediately understood what this meant-that his father would die the same day after sunset. The Promised Messiah's father was a sad man during the last days of his life. He had spent a great deal of his time and money in trying to get back his ancestral lands. These lands had been taken away from his father, Mirza Ata Muhammad. However, Mirza Ghulam Murtaza was not able to recover the lands. His last days were saddened by the thought that he had spent so much of his time on wordly affairs and had not done enough in the way of Allah. Towards the end of his life he had a central mosque built in Qadian which was called the Masjid-i-Aqsa. He requested that he be buried in a corner of the mosque. He felt that buried there, he would always hear the praises of Allah and thus in some way receive forgiveness and mercy from Allah. When the Promised Messiah had this revelation he felt that Allah was show- ing His sympathy for him; especially since his father was dying so sad about not doing enough for Allah. You may find it strange that Allah should sympathize with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in His own words, but it should be remembered that when God treats someone mercifully, He deals with him like a friend. Although the Promised Messiah had a high spiritual status he was still a human who had to live in the real world like everyone else. His father used to receive money and other benefits from the British Government but these would stop with his death. Naturally, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad began to worry about the