The Noble Son — Page 51
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 51 The former leader of those who rejected Khilafat has mentioned in the treatise Al-Musleh Al-Mauood (printed in 1914), concerning the sign of turning three into four, that it is a special characteristic reserved for the recognition and determination of the Musleh Mauood. And in 1916 Paighaam-e-Sulh printed a vision of the Promised Messiah as and wrote that: ‘It is possible in the court of God Almighty that the one to turn three into four may in the end indeed be Mirza Sultan chairs. ’ The late Hazrat Mir Nasir Nawab, interpreted this to mean that he came to occupy a seat in the Ministry of the Princely State of Bahawalpur. But it is also conceivable to take this to mean that just as Allah the Almighty had revealed to the Promised Messiah as , through a vision that his physical son, the late Mirza Sultan Ahmad, would also in the end come to join his spiritual sons. Similarly, Allah the Almighty by showing the Promised Messiah’s as son a vision indicated that by him sitting on the fourth chair under the direction of the Promised Messiah as , his three spiritual and physical sons would become four. And because his entering the spiritual movement of the Promised Messiah as took place through Hazrat Mahmood - Musleh Mauood aba , so Mahmood - Musleh Mauood indeed came to be the one who turned three into four. From this statement of Sheikh Muhammad Jan Sahib it is clearly established that those who did not perform Bai’at also understood that the Musleh Mauood is one from among the living sons of the Promised Messiah as. Here I also want to mention the vision of respected S. M. Abdullah Haguera which he has written in a letter dated 26 January 1958. He writes, ‘Some days ago, in a dream, I met Sheikh Muhammad Jan Sahib of Wazirabad (who was the real brother of my grandfather and from among the Companions of the Promised Messiah as ) and he testified that yes, this true vision that he had written was perfectly correct and that we stood upon the truth. I stated in amazement that he had been in opposition to us [during his life]. He said that after dying it had become clear that we indeed stood upon the truth. ’ From this dream it is understood that, even if it is taken to be of Hazrat Mirza Sultan Ahmad Sahib, it is true. Furthermore, its connection is also with the prophecy of the Musleh Mauood as has been mentioned above. [Publisher]