The Noble Son — Page 13
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 13 delight of the heart, high ranking, noble. A manifestation of the First and the Last, a manifestation of the True and the High; as if Allah has descended from heaven. His advent will be greatly blessed and will be a source of manifestation of Divine Majesty. Behold a light comes, anointed by God with the perfume of His pleasure. We shall pour Our Spirit into him and he will be sheltered under the shadow of God. He will grow rapidly in stature and will be the means of procuring the release of those held in bondage. His fame will spread to the ends of the earth and peoples will be blessed through him. He will then be raised to his spiritual station in heaven. This is a My dear son, Mahmood, is Your servant. Grant him a long life and wealth. Lift from him every type of darkness. May his days be the harbingers of the fulfilment of his desires; may his mornings dawn on him with all their light. Make blessed this day; Holy is He Who watches over me. All friends have arrived; You have made these days to dawn. It is the kindness of You, my Love, that has brought here these affectionate ones. This blessed day has dawned in which all my wishes are fulfilled. Make blessed this day; Holy is He Who watches over me. ’ (Durre Sameen Urdu. p 35-37. ) The day of this blessed occasion was a Monday and the date was 7 June 1897. The words of the Aameen, ‘Bless this day O God’ which are repeated at the end of each stanza and ‘This blessed day dawned’ are manifest proofs of the fulfilment of the revelation, It is Monday, a blessed Monday. [J. D. S]