USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 27
KHALIFATUL MASIH II HAZRAT MIRZA BASHEERUDDIN MAHMUD AHMAD (MAY ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM ). The Promised Messiah and Mahdi Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was given the promise by the Almighty Allah of a son through whom "Divinity would be mirrored" : while he had retired himself to seclusion in Hoshairpur , India in 1886. "Behold! "There c omes the source of Light , on whom Allah has showered His benevolence. We shall infuse in Him Our Godliness and shall give him protection against all odds. 27 "He shall go forward with a tremendous speed; he shall cause the rescue of prisoners ; nations shall be blessed by him. Then and then alone he will be lifted to the Heavens towards the pinnacle point of his soul and this is a matter that has been decreed. " The Almighty Allah fulfilled His words. The Promised Son was born on 12 January , 1889. He was named Basheeruddin Mahmud Ahmad according to the prophecy. At 25 years of age Hazrat Musleh Maood was elected to Khilafat. He rose to the grea-