Fazl-e-Umar — Page 11
Fazle Umar 11 The Promised Messiah [as] prayed for a sign of the truth of Islam. The result was a series of magnificent revelations. When the forty days had been completed, the Promised Messiah [as] published an announcement on 20 February 1886 in which he stated that God had honoured him with the disclosure of many matters with regard to the unknown. One of them, he stated, related to his own person and concerned the advent of a son. The announcement states: “God Almighty, the Lord of Honour and Glory, Merciful, Benevolent, Exalted, Who has power to do all that He wills (glory be to Him and exalted be His name) has vouchsafed to me the following revelation. ‘I confer upon thee a sign of My Mercy according to thy entreaties and have honoured thy prayers with acceptance through My Mercy and have blessed this, thy journey. A Sign of power, mercy and nearness to Me is bestowed on thee, a Sign of grace and beneficence is awarded to thee, and thou art granted the key of success and victory… Rejoice therefore, that a handsome and pure boy will be bestowed on thee. Thou wilt receive an intelligent youth who will be of thy seed and will be of thy progeny… He has been invested with a holy spirit, and he will be free from all impurity. He is the light of Allah. Blessed is he who comes from heaven. He will be accompanied by grace which shall arrive with him. He will be characterised by grandeur, greatness and wealth. He will come into the world and will heal many of their ills through his Messianic qualities and through the blessings of the Holy Spirit. He is the Word of Allah, for Allah’s mercy and honour have equipped him with the Word of Majesty. He will be extremely intelligent and understanding and will be meek of heart and will be filled with secular and spiritual knowledge. He will convert three into four [of this the meaning is not clear]. It is Monday, a blessed Monday. Son