Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 13
13 peace - making ” , and the Path of Hassan ra , hence, refers to the Path of the Peacemakers. Eventually, as destiny would have it, the spiritual commonality be tween Ḥaḍrat Nasir Andaleeb and the Promised Mahdī as took the form of a more tangible relationship. I n 1884, Ḥaḍrat Sayyeda Nusrat Jahan Begum ra , a seventh - generation descendant of Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Muhammad Nasir Andaleeb, founder of the Silsila Muhammadiyya or the Muhammadiyya Order, was married to Ḥaḍrat Ahmad the Mahdī , founder of the Silsila Ahmadiyya or the Ahmadiyya Order in Islam. Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Mir Dard, the son and disciple of Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Nasir Andaleeb, elaborating upon the prophecy borne in his father's v ision, writes: “ …. . and eventu ally, this pristine bond of Muhammadiyya would epitomize in the person of the Promised Mahdī. The entire world would then, be illuminated by a single light, and the individual radiances of all preceding spiritual orders wou ld blend into t he luminance of the Great Star " - [ Maekhana - e - Dard p. 128] The "Great Star" here, refers to the Promised Mahdī and Messiah. And so, it happened. The spiritual light of the Muhammadiyya Order, in accordance with this prophecy, merged with and blended into the light of the successive spiritual order - the Ahmadiyya Order. The dual gift of "spirituality and enlightenment" which was bestowed upon Ḥaḍrat Khwaja Nasir Andaleeb ra ,