Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 6
6 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The third form is of visions where things are shown in apparent form, whether this is in the form of Gabriel as , an angel, or anything else. ” The Promised Messiah as recited the following verse: 1 ُرْسِلَ رَسُوْلًا ی ْ اَوْ مِنْ وَّرَآئِ حِجَابٍ اَو وَحْيًا ُّكَـلِّمَهُ اهللُ اِلَّا ی ْ اَن And it is not for a man that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a veil or by sending a messenger. Then, the Promised Messiah as stated: “In addition to these three aforementioned categories of divine converse, there is no other method. ” 2 13 October 1900 Divine Wisdom in Illness In the late afternoon, the Promised Messiah as said: “I am feeling very ill. Prayers are needed. ” I was overcome 3 by emotion upon hearing these words. I said: “You are that man about whom God Almighty has said: ٗ یُضَاع ُ وَقْتُہ َ اَنْت َ الشَّیْخ ُ الْمَسِیْح ُ الَّذِی ْ ل You are the revered Messiah whose time shall not be wasted. I trust that God Almighty desires to increase you in rank immensely—on the one hand, God has assigned you such a multitude of tasks that even the thought of them would break the back of the strongest men, and on the other hand, you suffer from a host of illnesses. ” The Promised Messiah as smiled and said: “Yes, in this I am certain that God Almighty has His own wisdom in view. ” The Prophecy about Ahmad Baig In the context of an allegation levelled about the prophecy of Ahmad Baig, the Promised Messiah as said: “Anyone who reflects with fear of God Almighty over the fact that my prophecy was about the death of four individuals, and three of them have already met their end, while only one remains (i. e. Ahmad Baig’s son- in-law), their soul would tremble at the thought of how audacious the people are and how they can raise objections in this regard. Such a one ought to understand 1 ash-Shura, 42:52 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 11, dated 24 March 1901, p. 6 3 Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib [Compiler] p. 7