The Promised Son — Page 6
6 each others. The Promised Messiah as was drawn into litiga- tion and falsely charged with heinous crimes. The Promised Messiah as, on the other hand, intensified his efforts in proclaiming the truth of Islam and removing the doubts and clarifying the accusations made against him and Islam. His writings gained momentum and he entered into many debates in defence of Islam with his opponents. God Almighty had assured him of his final victory and gave him the glad tidings that the whole world would enter the fold of Islam through his Movement. On 22 January 1886 the Promised Messiah as, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as, went to Hoshiarpur to spend forty days praying to Allah. He stayed on the upper floor of Sheikh Mehr Ali’s house. The Promised Messiah as spent the entire time in solitude. He devoted his time to the remembrance of Allah. It was in this period of prayer that he received the prophecy of a son being born to him. The prophecy described in great detail the characteristics that the child would have. The child would be extremely intel- ligent yet meek. He would be filled with both secular and religious knowledge. He would grow rapidly in stature and his fame would spread all over the world. One 12 January 1889, the Promised Messiah as estab- lished the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam. This was also the date when that Promised Son, Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra, was born.