Hazrat Amman Jan - An Inspiration for Us All — Page 12
12 Prophecies Relating to the Promised Messiah’s as Marriage to Hadrat Amman Jan ra Long before Hadrat Amman Jan ’ s life even began; her existence had been Divinely decreed. In fact , the Holy Prophet sa of Islam intimated 1400 years earlier that the Messiah to come would marry and have children. As the Promised Messiah as himself was to explain later; a significance of this prophecy was indeed that the Messiah ’ s wife and children were actually mentioned in it. (As prophets commonly married and bore children. ) This emphatic stress on the Messiah ’ s wife and children, suggested that they would have a special significance in the Messiah ’ s life and mission. Before t he Promised Messiah as was even aware of his Divine mission, Allah Almighty revealed to him that he would marry and be blessed with children. In 1881 , Allah Almighty congratulated the Promised Messiah as with the good news of “a beautiful son ”. This astonished those close to the Promised Messiah as as it had been about 20 years since his first wife “ Hurmat Bibi” , (from whom he was separated by mutual consent), had bor n e him any children. After this revelation , the Promised Messiah as had a more sp ecific revelation regarding his future marriage , “Ushkur Ni‘mati Ra ’ aita Khadijati” ie “Be grateful for My Bounty, you have seen My Khadijah. ” 5 This reference to his wife as “ Khadijah ”, the name of the first wife of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , indicates that there would be 5 Barahin - e - Ahmadiyya , part 4, p. 558 sub - footnote 4, Ruhani Khaza ’ in , vol. 1, p. 666 sub - footnote 4