Truth Prevails — Page 88
( 88 ) another Ilham , his name has been shown as Fazle-i-Omar. And it was necessary that his coming should have been held up, till such time that this Bashir, who had died, should have taken birth, and carried back; since all, these matters, in the wisdom of the Lord, had been kept under his feet. And Bashir Awwal , who has died, was a fore-runner for Bashir II. This was the reason why both were, mentioned in one and the same prophecy. ” (Green Leaflet) So that is the crux of the matter. The Promised Messiah himself has cleared away the jungle growth reared up around this question by fools or knaves. After one has read the passage quoted here, no room is left for any kind of doubt about the fact that Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II is the Muslih Mau’ud , born within nine years, from the time when this prophecy was made. In the light of events, as they have unrolled themselves, Hazrat Fazl-i- Omar has made three into four in the following way. Among the surviving sons of the Promised Messiah, Mirza Sultan Ahmad, from the first marriage, was the eldest. But for a long time he did not join the Movement. During the Khilafat of the Fazal-i-Omar , he tendered his allegiance to the Promised Messiah, who now had four sons of his own, shouldering the responsibility of the mission, whereas formerly, there had been only three - Mirza Mahmud Ahmad, Mirza Bashir Ahmad, and Mirza Sharif Ahmad. Wrong Statements by Mr. Faruqi It is highly regrettable that, after reproducing two Ilhams , namely ‘ Sa- ahabo laka ghulaman zakiyyan’ and ‘ja’al haqqo wazahaqal batilo’ , Mr. Faruqi has also written the following, which has no basis in fact: “And then, in between these Ilhams , by putting an Ilhami prayer on the lips of the Promised Messiah, a subtle hint was also given that the offspring present at the time was not pure and righteous, as implied in the Ilham ‘O Lord, bestow on me pure and righteous offspring’. From Tazkira , page 738, it is clear that after this Ilhami prayer, the Promised Messiah had no more children. ” (Translation from Urdu passage. ) “Then during this period one Divinely inspired prayer came on the tongue of Hazrat Mirza Sahib which delicately pointed to the fact that the present sons (of Mirza Sahib) do not come up to that high standard; for the wording of the prayer said: ‘O my Lord! grant me godly offspring!’ ( Tazkira , page 738) After this prayer no more children were born to Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. ” (Truth Triumphs, page 32) Passage from English Edition. Now this is altogether a wrong statement, which bears witness to a lot of hostility, even malice, in the heart of the author, for the offspring of the Promised Messiah. It is very interesting, and instructive, to note that the