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1888 211 Bash i r 1 st who became the spiritual cause of the descent of divine mercy, and the rest of it related to the second Bash i r. [H aqq a n i -Taqr i r bar W a qi‘ah Waf a t-e-Bash i r, December 1, 1888, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, p. 179 footnote and Sabz Ishtih a r, p. 17 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 2, p. 463 footnote] (B) No one should be misled that the prophecy just mentioned related to the Promised Reformer. It has been clearly expounded by revelation that all these phrases related to the son who died. The prophecy with regard to the Promised Reformer begins with the words: [Urdu] [He will be accompanied with grace which shall arrive with him]. Thus, the Promised Reformer has been named Fa d l in the revelation. His second name is Ma h m u d and his third name is Bash i r Th ani [ Bash i r the Second]. In one revelation he has been named Fa d l-e-‘Umar. It was inevitable that his coming should have been postponed till the Bash i r, who has died, had been born and called back, for all these matters were placed by divine wisdom to take place after his death. The first Bash i r was a forerunner of the second and therefore both were mentioned in the same Prophecy. [H aqq a n i -Taqr i r bar W a qi‘ah Waf a t-e-Bash i r, December 1, 1888, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, pp. 183-184 footnote and Sabz Ishtih a r, p. 21 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 2, p. 467 footnote] 241 241 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : On January 12, 1889, when Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II aba was born, the Promised Messiah as published the news of his birth in an Announcement called Takm i l-e- Tabligh. He said: God the Glorious, had of His Grace and Benevolence promised—as was set out in the Announcement of July 10, 1888 and the Announcement of December 1, 1888—that after the death of Bash i r 1 st , a second Bash i r will be bestowed whose name will also be Ma h m u d. And addressing my humble self, Allah the Almighty said: He would be a person of high resolve and will be like you in beauty and