The Noble Son — Page 34
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 34 years still remain. Then he would be named Mahmood and Bashir II because these are the names of the Musleh Mauood which cannot be given to anyone else. Complete Enlightenment One argument in favour of the statement that the boy born on 12 January 1889 was indeed the Musleh Mauood is that after this, the Promised Messiah as never declared that the boy whom he had given the names of Mahmood and Bashir II by way of good virtue, was in fact not the fulfilment of these names and that some other boy was their fulfilment. A second argument is that the announcement of 20 February 1886, in which the prophecy regarding the Promised Son was published for the very first time, is titled The Treatise Siraaj-e-Muneer Containing the Signs of the All-Powerful Lord. Then under this title are contained matters concerning its subject and its printing; this is followed by the prophecy concerning the Musleh Mauood and some other prophecies. Then about three years after this announcement, whilst answering the allegations of the opponents upon the death of Bashir I, the Promised Messiah as wrote in Sabz Ishtehaar that: ‘I did not make any categorical statement on the basis of Divine revelation that this was the [promised] boy who would grow to maturity. I also delayed the publication of Siraaj-e-Muneer in expectation of some Divine revelation that would reveal