Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 163
4 April 1905 163 Although we all faced some terror on this occasion, in truth noth- ing is without benefit for us due to the appearance of this holy Messiah. Firstly, the vision that the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, had seen on 3 April, and had narrated to many others, was fulfilled through this. 1 Secondly, the magnificent prophecy made by the Ima m of the Age as in the al-Wa s iyyat [ The Will ] announcement a few days ago, which fore- told of a clamour like that of the Day of Judgment, with rampant death and people screaming, has been fulfilled. This al-Wa s iyyat announce- ment was published in the newspaper al- H akam dated 28 February 1905, the newspaper al-Badr dated 5 March 1905, and the March 1905 1. This dream is recorded on p. 3 in the same issue of al-Badr , and it is as follows: 3 April 1905 Dream I saw that Mirza Sultan Ahmad was standing in the house of Mirza Ni za m-ud-D i n clad all in deep black—so profoundly black as is hard to stare at. I was given to understand that this was an angel that was standing and dressed in the clothes of Sultan Ahmad. I addressed my household and said: This is my son. Then two more angels appeared, and I perceived three chairs and those three angels sat down upon the three [chairs]. They began writing something very rapidly with a pen; the sound of their pens moving on paper could be heard. Their manner of writing was awe-inspiring. I was standing next to them (and then I woke up). At the same time, the Promised Messiah as narrated this dream and said: [The interpretation of this is that] some terrible Sign is about to appear. Sultan Ahmad means such reasoning and arguments which sway and overpower the hearts. Ni za m-ud-D i n means some Sign which would reform the Islamic faith, and straighten its affairs. Black garments in- dicate that a terrifying Sign is imminent. My saying ‘This is my son’ means that all this is the fruit of my prayers, because a child is also re- ferred to as ‘the fruit’. ( Al-Badr , vol. 1, no. 1, p. 3, dated 6 April 1905)