Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 427
427 pointed to the great war that was about to shake the world to its very foundations. The presence of Hazrab M-ir ?N:asir Nawab and of the -mother- of the faithful pointed to. the :hel'p<;of God,. for the root *}& which is common Lbo the names- oi^ bobk means * help. ' There was nob to be war only but other momenbous. changes. were also to come feo pass, for the voice of the crier said that ; great; changes were being made in the heavens, Everything that occurs on earbh is ordained in heaven and therefore great changes in the 1 heavens meant great changes on the earth and -these? changes were all meant for the good of Islam, Their ultimate result was to be the spread of Islam :on earbh. : The greab balema was" to be written on bhe -heavens, i. &, the; truth of Islam was to: shine out in full glory and was: to become patent to aH. As the part of the vision,, which -refers to the ;war aQdrt. be great changes: that, -are occurring subsequently- to the: war,: has: been clearly fulfilled, there can be no doubt as to the ; truth of the other part which speaks of the general recognition of the truth of Islam and its prevalence on the face of the earth. : The vision also indicabed thab bhe thundering of bhe guns and the^ greab changes would occur ab a birne r when he^himself was bo ;be ;ab bhe helm of the boab of Islam. The: presence of Hazrab: Mir Lvasir Nawab Nusrat Jahan Begurn with bhe seer of bhe dream , of. meanb bhab. when bhere would be darkness on earbh and thundering of guns in- the heavens, God's help would be with him. The. crier also, said "Greab changes are occurring on bhe face of bhe earth the result of which will 'be-good for ybu. " This indicabed bhab bhe seer was personally concerned. in-bhe^ful-filrnenb of. bhe vision. And strange bo say no sooner did Hazrab Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad bake the reins of Milafat- (which -was on bhe 13fch. of March 1914) than bhe greab war began in accordance with the vision. Wibh his accession to- bhe hhilafat; perparabions began