Tadhkirah — Page 182
182 1886 About four months ago it was conveyed to this humble one that a son Qaw i yyu t-Ta qatain [physically and spiritually strong], K a milu z - Za hiri wal-B at in [perfect in his manifest and hidden powers], will be bestowed upon me whose name will be Bash i r. Up to now my own impression was that possibly that blessed son will be born of my present wife. Now I am receiving frequent revelations to the effect that I will soon have to marry again and that it has been divinely determined that a pious and good-natured wife will be bestowed upon me who will bear children. What is surprising is that when this revelation was received I was bestowed in a vision four fruits, three of them mangoes but one of them very large of green colour which did not resemble any of the fruits of this world. I conceive, though this is not yet confirmed by revelation, that the fruit which is not of the fruits of this world is the promised blessed son for there is no doubt that the interpretation of fruit is children. As there has been good news of a pious wife and simultaneously four fruits have been bestowed in a vision, one of which is of a special kind, my mind is inclined to this interpretation. [But Allah knows best. ] [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 5–6, Letter dated June 8, 1886, addressed to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra ] 1886 It so happens that in these days two people made suggestions about a new marriage, but when I supplicated by way of istikh a rah, 205 I was informed about one woman that her portion is humiliation, privation and disgrace and that she is not worthy of being my wife and with regard to 205 A special Prayer made to seek guidance from Allah before making an important decision. [Munawar Ahmed Saeed]