Tadhkirah — Page 250
250 His. In this condition I said: We desire a new universe, a new heaven and a new earth. I then created the heaven and the earth in a mass without order or distinction and then, according to the divine will, I arranged and classified this mass. I felt that I had the power to create it. Then I created the lower heaven and said: 282 Then I said: We shall now create man from the essence of clay. 283 Then my condition moved from vision towards the reception of revelation and my tongue uttered: 284 [Kit a bul-Bariyyah, pp. 78–79, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 13, p. 103–105] [It was conveyed to me that when God Almighty determines to create a man He creates the heavens and the earth and all that is necessary in six days and creates A dam towards the end of the sixth day. This is His settled way. It was also conveyed to me that the creation of a new heaven 282 We have decorated the lower heaven with lamps. [Publishers] 283 Publishers’ Note: The Promised Messiah as has given a description in Urdu of this in Chashma-e-Mas ihi as follows: In a state of vision I saw that I had created a new earth and a new heaven and then I said: Now let us create man. At this the ignorant maulav i s raised a cry: Watch now, this man claims to be God. Actually, the meaning of the vision was that God will bring about through me such a change as if the heaven and the earth had been renewed and true men will come into being. [Chashma-e-Mas ihi , p. 58 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 20, pp. 375– 376 footnote] 284 I determined to make a vicegerent so I created A dam. Then We created man in the best mould. [Publishers]