The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 32
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 32 could not escape afflictions. However, they achieved their objectives at the end. And likewise if even I suffer any affliction or hardship during the intermediate stages, then it is utterly wrong to take it to be the irrevocable decree of God [concerning me]. It is the firm Promise of God Almighty that He will bestow His blessings on my mission. And He shall greatly bless this servant of His, so much so that Kings will seek blessings from the gar - ments of this servant. He will turn every affliction into a bliss. And He will at last clear me from the accusations of the opponents. Regarding this I have received so many Revelations and if I were to record them all here, this Announcement would increase in size. Hence, herein I set out, as a sample, a few Revelations and one dream; and they are given below: On the night of Friday, 21 Ramadan 1316 AH when I perceived a great spiritual expansion and imagined that it was Laylat-ul-Qadr , and there was a steady light rain falling, I saw a dream; I believe this dream has reference to those people who constantly try to create doubts concerning me. I saw in my dream that someone said to me: if your God is Powerful, then beseech Him that this stone which you are carrying on your head should turn into a buffalo. I then perceived that I had a heavy stone on my head which I sometimes imagined to be a piece of