Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 395
7 June 1906 395 after he comes of age. And a large group of people will turn to me, and a great victory will become manifest. 2. ‘A lam Kab a b means that severe destruction will befall the world a few months after his birth or at the time he comes of age and begins to recognize good and evil. It will be as if the world will end; that is why this boy was named ‘ A lam Kab a b. In short, that boy will be called Bashir-ud-Daula because he will be a Sign of the progress of our cause and good fortune. And since he will be an example of the Day of Judgment for our opponents, he will be known by the name of ‘ A lam Kab a b. It is learned from the revelation of God Almighty that if some further respite is to be granted to the rebellious people of the world, then Miy an Manzoor Muhammad will not have a boy but a girl as of now, and the boy will be born later. Nonetheless, the boy will be born because he is the Sign of God. And if the time of punishment for the world has arrived quickly—that is, the time of the great punishment—then a boy will be born right now, whose name will be Bashir-ud-Daula and ‘ A lam Kab a b, and he will be the Sign of God for the world—for the righteous as well as for the wicked. This is the same kind of Sign the Prophet Azariah had given for King Hezekiah. And God Almighty has also said that two Signs will appear soon. So if the two Signs that are to appear soon are different, then even in this case, a girl will be born in their house this time. Otherwise, a boy will be born this time and will be a Sign of God. And another Sign will appear with it. And that boy will be like an auspicious star for the righteous and will be the opposite of this for the wicked. 1 1. Al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 20, p. 1, dated 10 June 1906