Tadhkirah — Page 540
540 without due consideration. When I had looked through that book and had put it aside, I received the revelation concerning Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh: 563 Translation: [Arabic] They desire to see menstruation blood in you. [That is, they are seeking to discover impurity and filth and vileness] but God desires to exhibit His continuous favours unto you. How can they find in me any matter resembling menstruation and what trace of it is left in me, for God has converted, through holy changes, that matter into a handsome boy; and that handsome boy has the status of a son in the estimation of Allah, meaning that although the limbs of a child are nourished and developed through menstruation blood, the child cannot be called impure like menstruation. God has affirmed that I had developed from the state of impurity which is part of human nature into 563 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : al- H akam, volume 4, number 44, December 10, 1900 writes about this revelation: On the morning of December 4, 1900, the Promised Messiah as said: Last night I was shown the appearance of Il a h i Bakhsh Accountant’s book, and then I received this revelation… Referring to the revelation, he said: This revelation has an academic and philosophic aspect, which is related to the juxtaposition of [menstruation blood] and [my progeny]. What is the significance? That these people see you as an impure and useless thing, whereas they are not aware that [You are to Me like my progeny]. In short, this revelation of glad tiding shows the ultimate destiny of the true Promised Messiah as against that of a victim of wrath and anger.