Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 149
149 Promised Messiah as received the famous revelation concerning the blessing of a “ handsome and pure boy. . . filled with secular and spiritual knowledge ”, a " Musleh Mau‘ud ” - a promised reformer, on February 20 th , 1886. At the time , Hadrat Amman Jan ra was expecting a child. Hence , one can appreciate the desire and pressure she must have felt apart from her personal wishes to have a family, to fulfil this grand prophecy and silence the sceptics of her husband. In May of that year , Hadrat Amman Jan ra gave birth to a daughter , Sahibzadi ‘ Ismat. Consequently , Hadrat Amman Jan ra and the Promised Messiah as had to endure a tirade of abuse from his opponents. They now ridiculed the prophecy concerning a son who would be a " promised reformer” , which had been announced only a few months earlier. Their son , Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra , s aid that the speculation and gossip at that time became so rampant that it was like a torrent causing an " earthquake", (although the prophecy actually clearly indicated that this son would be born within a specified nine - year period). 89 Despite this furore, Hadrat Amman Jan's ra complete faith i n the Promised Messiah's as truth and prophecies remained unshaken. She never displayed any agitation despite the public outcry caused by her daughter's birth. Sadly " ‘ Ismat" , her first born, was to die aged five from cholera. At that time also , Hadrat Amman Jan ra did not wail or weep or ever complain of her loss thereafter. The following year after ‘ Ismat ’ s birth, “ Ba shir 1 ” was born. The Promised Messiah as and Hadrat Amman Jan ra were naturally overjoyed, both at the birth of a son and the possi bility of the prophecy being fulfilled. Unfortunately, Bashir I ’s life was to be shortlived. As we have previously read, Hadrat Amman Jan ra displayed exemplary forbearance at this time of his critical illness, 89 “ Sirato Sawaneh Hadrat Amman Jan” Prof. S. N. Saeed, p91.