The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 41
MARRIAGE AND RIGHTEOUS PROGENY قَدْ أَخْبَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ الْمَوْعُودَ يَتَزَوَّجُ وَيُوْلَدُلَهُ فَفِي هَذَا إِشَارَةٌ إِلَى أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُعْطِيْهِ وَلَدًا صَالِحًا يُشَابِهُ آبَاهُ وَلَا يَأْبَاهُ وَيَكُونُ مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الْمُكْرَمِينَ وَالسِّرُّ فِي ذَالِكَ أَنَّ اللهَ لَا يُبَشِّرُ الْاَنْبِيَاءَ وَالْاَوْلِيَاءَ بِذُرِّيَّةٍ إِلَّا إِذَا قَدَّرَ تَوْلِيدَ الصَّالِحِينَ [Ã'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islam, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 5, p. 578, footnote]. The Holy Prophetsa has already foretold, which means that the Promised Messiah will take a wife and have children. Obviously marriage and children have not been mentioned incidentally, because everyone normally gets married and has children, and there is nothing remarkable about it. Marriage here means an extraordinary marriage which would serve as a sign, and the children are the special children regarding whom I have already made a prophecy. In other words, the Holy Prophetsa has answered these dark-hearted deniers and has told them that these prophecies will surely be fulfilled. [Anjām-e-Ātham, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 11, p. 337, footnote]. Approximately sixteen years have passed since I informed Shaikh Ḥāmid ‘Alī, Lāla Sharampat Khatrī 13 The Holy Prophetsa has foretold that the Promised Messiah will marry and have children. In this there is an indication that Allāh will grant him a righteous son, who will resemble his father, and will not defy him, and will be one of the revered servants of Allāh. The secret of it is that Allāh does not give glad tidings to Prophets or Saints regarding their progeny, unless He has decreed the birth of righteous progeny. [Publisher] 41