Some Prophecies of Hazrat Ahmad - A Critical Study — Page 58
Does this sly and intentional oversight of the birth of these sons, within the specified period of the prophecy, not suggest that the critics of Hadhrat. Ahmadas are not being honest in their treatment of this prophecy?. The fact of the matter is that the birth to Hadhrat Ahmadas of his son. Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mamhud Ahmadra initiated the era of the fulfilment of a grand prophecy - the prophecy in relation to the Promised. Son, announced on the 20th of February, 1886. . Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmadra, the Promised Son, was born immediately after Bashir the First, the guest who died in his infancy and the forerunner of Bashir the Second, as prophesied by the announcement of 20th February, 1886 and as explained by Hadhrat. Ahmadas. He was also born within the prophesied period of nine years, and while his younger brother, Hadhrat Mirza Bashir Ahmadra was also born within this specified period, Divine wisdom ensured that the. Promised Son, Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddinra, alone, be given the name of. Mahmud, which was indicated in the prophecy. . However, as the context of the prophecy in relation to the Promised Son should itself indicate, the real test of its fulfilment was to be, besides the birth of the son within nine years of 20th February 1886, the possession of such distinctive characteristics and also the accomplishment of such outstanding achievements as had been prophesied in the announcement of 20th February, 1886. . Historical evidences bear witness that Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin. Mahmud Ahmadra was the son who actually displayed in his person, all the exceptional and outstanding qualities mentioned in the prophecy. He also performed the great deeds which the Promised Son was required to perform and within his person, he fulfilled the prophecy of the Promised. Son in letter and spirit. . While still in his teens, he began to show signs of ineffable spiritual and intellectual maturity, a fact evident from his literary and academic contributions to the Review of Religions, Badr. Tashhizul Azhan and also other newspapers and periodicals. . In the field of knowledge, Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud. Ahmadra had not a parallel in his own age. His Commentary of the Holy 58