The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 53
Marriage and Righteous Progeny 53 [Tiryāq-ul-Qulub, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, p. 221]. God Almighty gave me the glad tidings of a daughter during a pregnancy, and said about her: i. e. , she will be brought up in ornaments. This means that she will not die in infancy, nor will she experience deprivation. A daughter was accordingly born and she was named Mubarakah Begum. . . . I was informed through Divine revelation that another daughter would be born, but would not live. This revelation was communicated to many people beforehand. A daughter was then born and she died a few months later. . . . Thereafter, the glad tidings of another daughter was given in these words Dukht-e-Kirām [the noble daughter]. This Revelation was published in either one or both the newspapers Al-Hakam and Al-Badr. A daughter was then born, who was named Amat-ul-Hafiz, and is still alive. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 227-228]. These are the four sons regarding each of whose birth God Almighty informed me beforehand. And each of these four Prophecies was not only communicated to people verbally, but was conveyed to hundreds of thousands of people through announcements and books. No precedent for such magnificent foretelling of the unseen is to be found in the Punjab, or India, or even the whole world. You will never find such a prophecy whereby God Almighty should first give the glad tidings of the birth of four sons; and then, prior to the birth of each, should intimate