Tadhkirah — Page 983
1907 983 (2) [Arabic] Allah has appointed him as a leader contrary to expectation. 1175 1175 Note by Syed Abdul Hayee: Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rht made the following comments on the Promised Messiah’s as revelations and in his Friday sermon on December 12, 1997: I want to tell you that there were certain revelations of the Promised Messiah as which were applied to Hadrat Mirz a Shar i f Ahmad ra. I am the only person—there might possibly be others—who always believed that these revelations are really about his son Mirz a Man su r Ahmad. As happened during the time of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, there are sometimes prophecies about someone, but they are fulfilled in his son. As I will explain to you, there is no doubt that these revelations were about the son of Mirz a Shar i f Ahmad and were destined to be fulfilled in him. The revelations are about Shar i f Ahmad, during his illness (in 1907) it was revealed: ‘Allah has granted him life contrary to expectation. ’ Then it was revealed: ‘Allah has appointed him as a leader contrary to expectation. ’ That is, it could not be expected that he would be appointed as Am i r for such a long period. means that he would be appointed as Am i r, that is, one who holds authority. Another revelation which says (Here comes the King) also proves the same. In explaining this revelation the Promised Messiah as says ‘He would be made a Q adi , that is, one who renders verdicts’…. Hadrat Mirz a Shar i f Ahmad ra did not live very long—he was the youngest to die among his brothers. To say that he lived long contrary to expectations may be a wishful expression, but not a statement of facts as they unfolded. He was never appointed as Am i r…. That is the reason why I always considered these two revelations to refer to Hadrat Mirz a Man su r Ahmad. His life is a witness to that. He suffered several heart attacks, and every time the doctors were despaired of his survival. But he recovered contrary to expectations, to the amazement of the doctors. … Thus the revelation definitely applies to him. Moreover, the revelation. I have calculated the time of his appointment as Am i r. He was first appointed as Am i r during the time of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rht. No one was appointed as Am i r during the 52 years of the Khilafat of