Tadhkirah — Page 995
1907 995 [Urdu] Has been accepted. Nine days’ old fever has subsided. Meaning that the supplication has been accepted and Allah will grant recovery to him. I do not recall definitely on what day the fever had started but Allah, by His grace, has given the good news of his restoration to health in advance. The meaning of the ninth day has not been disclosed, nor can it be determined. But it seems that the day on which the fever became high, was the beginning [Allah knows best. ] 1186 1186 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : The Editor Badr writes: Last August Mub a rak Ahmad suffered from high fever and was again and again losing consciousness. The fever reached 105 degrees (F). He was tossing around with great pain the situation seemed hopeless due to the fear of meningitis. Thereupon a revelation was received. This revelation was published in Badr of August 29 and accordingly on August 30, 1907, the fever subsided and Mub a rak Ahmad recovered and went for a walk in the garden. The fever recurred and then subsided on September 14, 1907. He recovered and started playing around. He did recover from this illness, but a prior Word of God was destined to be fulfilled. Thus Mub a rak Ahmad suffered from another illness, because the Word of God was bound to be fulfilled. The details are that: One day before the birth of Mub a rak Ahmad it was conveyed by revelation that the boy would die young and go back to Almighty Allah. The Promised Messiah as has given a detailed account of this in his book Tiry a qul-Qul u b (published in 1902), p. 40, (R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, p. 213). Given below is the original wording: Allah the Almighty has revealed to me that He would grant me another son. This is the fourth boy who has been born now and has been named Mub a rak Ahmad. His birth was conveyed to me two years prior to his birth and was repeated two months before his birth. Just before his birth, I received the revelation (I fall upon the earth with Allah’s Hand, and shall return to Him). I interpreted it to mean that the boy would be pious and guided to Allah. His movement will be towards God, or he would die young. Only Allah knows which of the two is destined.