Tadhkirah — Page 377
1897 January 1, 1897 (A) My Lord has cheered me with the news of a fourth son by His mercy, saying that: 414 Thereafter in a vision between waking and sleeping I was again shown a visible representation of this event. The spirit of the fourth son moved within me in the vision and called his brothers saying: 415 I imagine that he indicated a complete year or some other term which is known to the Lord of the worlds. [Anj a m-e- A tham, pp. 182–183, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 11, pp. 182–183] (B) The same boy 416 spoke to me before his birth on January 1, 1897 by way of a revelation addressing his brothers and said: There is a term of one day between you and me. [Tiry a qul-Qul u b, p. 41, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, p. 217] (C) According to the revelation received by me after my mub a halah [with ‘Abdul- H aqq], God bestowed a son upon me by whose birth the number of my sons from my second wife became three. Not only this, but I received repeated 414 [ Arabic] He will convert the three into four…. [Publishers] 415 [Arabic] There is a term of one day between you and me appointed by God. [Publishers] 416 That is, Mub a rak Ahmad, the fourth son. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad]