Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 20
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 20 And we glorify Thee with Thy praise and extol Thy holiness. Today the same objections are raised. Those who rectify themselves after their transgressions possess the qualities of the angels. Let God have mercy on those who in their arrogance keep away from obedience until the end. My friends! Become like the angels and even if you have erred, repent of this so that you may be raised among them. Otherwise know well, nothing good can come from disorder. Do you not trust in the prophecies of the Promised Messiah as ? If not, why are you Ahmadis? Do you not know in the book, The Green Announcement, the Promised Messiah as prophesied the birth of a son who would be named Mahmud and Fazle Umar. In his book, Tiryaqul Qulub, he associated this prophecy with me. Who was Umar ra ? If you are not aware, know well he was the second Khalifa [of Islam]. Thus even before my birth, God had determined I would be entrusted with those tasks that were given to Hazrat Umar ra. If Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as was from God then what excuse do you have in not accepting him who was named Umar even before his birth? I swear by God in the lifetime of Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih I ra , I had no knowledge of this prophecy. It was only afterwards I learnt of it.