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280 They ask you: ‘Whence have you obtained this?’ Say: Allah is Wonderful. Such are His acts: He honours whomsoever He wishes. Despair not of the mercy of Allah. Look at Y u suf [Joseph] and his glory. The time of victory has arrived and victory is close. The opponents, who are destined to be forgiven, will fall into prostration and will supplicate: Lord forgive us, for we were in error. There shall be no blame upon you this day. Allah will forgive you; and He is the Most Merciful of all those who show mercy. I was determined to appoint a vicegerent and so I created A dam, who comprises mysteries. We created him on the day of promise. This means that the Promised One has appeared at the time which had been indicated through the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be on him, and it had been indicated that at the time of his appearance such and such a people will be on top in their empire and strength, and such and such type of worship of creatures will be prevalent. The Promised One has been born in the same age, which is the time of the Cross and worship of ‘ I s a [Jesus]. [ A’i na-e-Kam ala t-e-Isl a m , pp. 266–269, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 5, p. 266–269] 1892 I have been shown, told, and made to fully comprehend that Islam alone is the true faith in the world and it has been revealed to me that whatever has been bestowed upon me is by way of blessing on account of following the Seal of Fa d l Ahmad, my son from my other wife. . . This son was born according to this prophecy on April 20, 1893 as is set out in the announcement of that date and he was named Bash i r Ahmad [ Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad M. A]. [Tiry a qul-Qul u b, p. 42, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, p. 220]