Tadhkirah — Page 251
1891 251 and new earth, which I saw in my vision, indicated heavenly and earthly support and provision of appropriate means for the achievement of the true purpose and the bringing into being of people with natures fitted to make them righteous and pure. It was also conveyed to me that Allah the Almighty commands from heaven everyone with the appropriate nature to become ready to help His servant and to run towards him. I had seen this vision in Rab i‘ uth-Th a n i , 1309 AH, Allah be praised for this. This did not mean pantheism or incarnation of God, but was illustration of the h ad i th mentioned in S a hih Bukh ari which describes how through voluntary prayer the virtuous draw near to God. ] 285 [A’i na-e-Kam ala t-e-Isl a m, pp. 564–566, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 5, p. 564–566] 1891 I have written in a previous letter that I have been commissioned for a heavenly determination 286 and to set up its overt arrangements, I have proposed a gathering for December 27, 1891 which will be attended by many sincere people from different places. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 9, Letter dated December 22, 1891, addressed to Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n of Malerkotla] 285 The section in brackets [ ] is a translation of the Arabic text rendered by the Publishers. 286 The import of ‘heavenly determination’ is that the Promised Messiah as claims that the blessings of Islam are continuing in this age and he has been commissioned to demonstrate them. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]