Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 63
63 A llegiance to Ahmad as O bedience to the Caliph Should you as k me my name - I am "Ahmadi " - [ Bukhār - e - Dil ] As is evident, the line "A llegiance to Ahmad as ", refers to the spiritual bond that each Ahmadi Muslim has with Ahmad as the Mahdī. It is precisely this allegiance to Ahmad the Mahdī that distinguishes Ahmadi Muslims from the rest of the world. This bond of allegiance is known as the bai ‘ at , and it was by virtue of this bond that Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail entered the fold of the Ākharīn. God had revealed numerous secrets of the realm of the U nseen , the “ Ghayb ”, as it is called in Arabic, to the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as in astounding detail. With Divine consent, the Holy Prophet s as would, at times, share some of these d etails with his disciples. For instance, the Holy Prophet s as prophesied that God would Himself testify to the truth of the Promised Mahdī , and would gather his disciples from distant places, who in number, would be equal to the "People of Badr", which refers to those Companions of the Holy Prophet who participated in the Battle of Badr alongside the Prophe t s as. They were three hundred and thirteen. And that the Mahdī would possess a printed book, which would contain the names of his 313 disciples and the names of the places they hailed from, along with other relevant details. This remarkable prophecy has be en preserved in a book called Jawāhirul - Asrār (Gems of the Secrets), compiled by Ali Hamza bin