Tadhkirah — Page 437
1899 437 On the following day June 14, 1899 he was born. [Tiry a qul-Qul u b, p. 41, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, pp. 217] (B) God had informed me that He would bestow another son upon me and this is the fourth son who has just been born and has been named Mub a rak Ahmad. I was informed of his birth about two years 482 previously and then again two months before his birth. I received the revelation just prior to his birth: That is [Arabic] I fall upon the earth from the Hand of Allah and shall proceed towards Him. My own interpretation of this revelation is that this boy will be righteous and will face towards God and will move towards Him or that he will die early 483. Allah alone knows which of these two interpretations is in accord with His design. [Tiry a qul-Qul u b, p. 40, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, pp. 213–214] June 1899 Thereafter 484 I received the revelation: 485 [Letter written by Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m See al- H akam, vol. 3, no. 23, June 30, 1899, p. 7] 482 The promise for the birth of the fourth son was also given fourteen years before it’s advent. See revelation under year 1885 on page 165. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad] 483 Sahibz a dah Mirz a Mub a rak Ahmad passed away in childhood on September 16, 1907. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams] 484 Meaning this revelation was after [Mirza Bashir Ahmad] 485 [Arabic] This is enough. [Publishers] Publishers’ Note: The indication given in this was that the Promised Messiah as would not have any male child born to him thereafter.