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1891 227 255 from which I understood that she would not live and so it happened. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih , p. 215, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 593] 1891 Once it so happened that I was reading the poem of N‘imatull a h Wal i in which he has prophesied about my advent, has even mentioned my name, and has foretold that the Promised Messiah would appear at the end of the thirteenth century of the Hijrah. Moreover, he has written a couplet concerning me [in Persian]:. It means that the one who is destined to come will be both the Mahd i and ‘ I s a ; both names will apply to him and he will make both these claims. While I was reciting this verse, I received the revelation: 256 This meant: [Persian] I see Maulav i Sayyed Muhammad A h san of Amroha has given up his post in Bhopal State so as to pass his time near the Promised Messiah appointed by God and to strive in support of his claim. This was a prophecy that was very clearly fulfilled afterwards. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 333, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 346] 255 [Arabic] A vine of paradise, a large tree of paradise [Publishers] 256 This revelation is also mentioned in the paper Qadian dated September 1, 1902, but the first line has instead of. Unless the narrator made a mistake, it seems that this revelation has two renderings. Allah knows best. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad]