The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 23
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI become famous. This prophecy about his great and illustrious son will be discussed later. This revelation was published in February 1886. . Parts of this revelation are as follows: "Thy house will be filled with blessings. . . I will cause a great increase in thy progeny. . . thy progeny will spread greatly in different lands. Thy progeny. . . will flourish to the end of days. God will maintain thy name with honour till the day when the world comes to an end and will convey thy message to the ends of the earth". . The revelation continued, "I shall exalt thee and call thee to. Myself, but thy name will never be erased from the face of the earth. . . all those who seek to humiliate thee and to cause thee to fail and wish to ruin thee will be frustrated and will die, being brought to naught. I will cause an increase of thy true sincere friends and will bless their lives and their properties and they will grow in number, and they will always prevail over others who are jealous of thee and are hostile to thee. "Thou art to Me as the prophets of the children of Israel. . Thou art to Me as My Unity. Thou art of Me and I am of thee. The time is approaching. . . when God will put thy love in the hearts of kings and nobles, so much so that they will seek blessings from thy garments. . . . JJ. Under divine guidance, Hadhrat Ahmad decided to lay foundation of his Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. In January 1889, he announced the ten conditions which are essential for his followers to pledge allegiance to him. The formal inauguration took place in. Ludhiana, a town in eastern part of Punjab, on 23rd March 1889. On this historic occasion, forty one of his followers took the pledge of allegiance with Ahmad's hand being placed on their hand. This was a great historical event and the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded. Hadhrat Ahmad named it as "Jamaat Ahmadiyya" Jamaat means an organization or a group. The ten conditions essential for initiation to Ahmadiyya Jamaat will be written in a separate section. . About a year later at the end of 1890, Hadhrat Ahmad announced that Allah had informed him by repeated revelation that. Jesus son of Mary had died and would not come again in person, as 23