Tadhkirah — Page 185
1886 185 1886 When 208 a daughter was born and people created an uproar to cause misunderstanding that the prophecy had been proved false, I received the following revelation: Meaning that the opponents are shouting that the prophecy has been proved false but intelligent people will soon realise 209 the truth and the ignorant ones will be put to shame. [al- H akam, vol. 6, no. 16, p. 7, dated April 30, 1902] April 26, 1886 I had seen a fearsome dream concerning Sheikh Mehr ‘Al i in Qadian on April 26, 1886, the interpretation of which was that he would be afflicted with a great misfortune. He was informed of this about the same time. The dream was that the carpet had caught fire and there was great hue and cry. A terrible flame of fire mounted up and there was no 208 A daughter, was born to the Promised Messiah as on April 15, 1886 who was named ‘I s mat. On the birth of this daughter, his opponents raised an uproar that the prophecy about the birth of the son was proved false because the current pregnancy had ended in the birth of a daughter and not that of a son. However, this allegation was baseless because the Promised Messiah as had nowhere stated that the then pregnancy would end in the birth of a son. Indeed, he had explained with reference to the revelation of April 8, 1886 that a son would be born soon, either at the end of the then current pregnancy or at the end of the succeeding one. Accordingly, Bash i r 1 st was born in the pregnancy following the birth of ‘I s mat. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad] 209 In accordance with this prophecy, after the birth of ‘I s mat, on August 7, 1887 a son was born who was named Bash i r Ahmad and in whose birth was fulfilled the prophecy of February 20, 1886, namely: ‘A handsome and pure boy will come as your guest’, and was also fulfilled the prophecy in the Announcement of April 8, 1886 that: ‘A son will be born very soon. ’ [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]