Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 3
3 Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad becoming the daughter-in-law of the Promised Messiah as as she had now married two of his sons—one after the other. Hazrat Sarwar Shah ra a devoted follower of the Promised Messiah as announced the second nikah of Hazrat Sayyadah Maryam ra. In his ser- mon he said these prophetic words: I have become old now and I will leave this world, but it is my belief that the way servants of faith were born to the pre- vious Sayyadah, this Sayyadah will also give birth to children who will become servants of Islam. I have firm faith in this and those living to see this shall realise it. 2 God Almighty granted Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmad ra one son from Sayyadah Maryam who was blessed with a long life. He was named Mirza Tahir Ahmad. He was born on 18 December 1928 in Qadian. Coincidently, the day after Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta was born, a train arrived for the first time in the remote village of Qadian. The arrival of this new invention opened the door of communication between Qadian and the rest of the world.