Tadhkirah — Page 147
1884 January 1884 Originally, at the beginning of the compilation of this book, its situation was different. Thereafter, a sudden manifestation of divine power made me aware, like M u s a [Moses], of a universe of which I had no notion before. That is to say, this humble one, like Hadrat Ibn-e- ‘ Imr a n [Prophet Moses as ], was also proceeding in the dark night of his own concepts, when suddenly from behind the curtain of the unseen came a voice: 167 Such mysteries were then revealed as were beyond the reach of reason and imagination. Therefore, the Lord of all the worlds is now the Guardian and Manager of this book, both manifest and hidden. [Hamm Aur Ham a r i Kit a b, back title page Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, p. 673] 1884 The Promised Messiah as said: One of the old revelations received by me is: 168 [al-Badr, vol. I, no. 5, November 28, 1902 p. 37] 167 [Arabic] Verily, I am your Lord. [Publishers] 168 [Arabic] Do these people not reflect on your affair? Had this matter not been from Allah, they would have found much contradiction in it. [Publishers] Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : Since al-Badr states that this revelation was received during the time of the writing of the Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyyah , it has been placed immediately after the revelations recorded in Bar a h i n.