A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 18
18 they would soon destroy me, I did not have a large fol- lowing. At the time, I had with me just a few people who could be counted on the fingers of a hand. Indeed, when Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah was being published, I was all alone. Who can show that I had even one follower? It was then that God blessed me with over fifty revelations in which I was told that despite my solitary state, the day beckoned when a whole world of followers would join me and I would attain such glory that kings would seek bless- ings from my garments for I was blessed. Holy is God, He does what He wills. [I was told] that He would spread my community throughout the world, that He would bless them, increase them and honour them in the earth for as long as they remained true to His covenant. Just think that I was alone when these prophecies that I have trans- lated above were first published in Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyyah. It was then that God taught me the prayer 12. That is, 'My Lord! Do not leave me alone and You are the Best of Inheritors. ' This Di- vinely revealed supplication is also recorded in Bar a- h i n-e-Ahmadiyyah which thus became a witness to my anonymity at the time. But today, despite the best ef- forts of my opponents, over a hundred thousand people from all over have joined my Jam a ‘at. Is it not then a 12 Al-Anbiy a ’ , 21:90 [Publishers]