Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 437
Sub-Footnote Number Four 437 Here Baitul-Fikr refers to the upper room in which this humble one has remained, and still remains, occupied with the compilation of this book, and Baitudh-Dhikr refers to the mosque established next to it. The last sentence mentioned above refers to the attribute of the same mosque whose letters also indicate the date1 of the foundation of this mosque, which is as follows: مبارِك و مبارَك و كل امر مبارَك یجعل فیہ Meaning that, this mosque is a source of blessings, is blessed itself, and every blessed deed will be performed in it. After this, in regard to my humble self, He said: رفعت و جعلت مباركا. You have been elevated and made blessed. م مھتدون. ه والذین اٰمنوا و لم یلبسوا ایمانھم بظلم اولئك لھم االمن و Meaning that, those who will believe in the blessings and light which have been bestowed upon you by Allah the Almighty, and whose faith is sincere and filled with loyalty, will be secured from the paths of error. They alone are rightly guided in the sight of Allah. َطْفِئُوْا نور اللّٰ. قل الل ّٰ حافظہ. عنایۃ الل ّٰ حافظك. نحن نزّلناہ و انا لہ ی یریدون ان فر. ال ک و ارحم الراحمین. ویخوفونك من دونہ. ائمۃ ال ه لحافظون. الل ّٰ خیر حافظا و تخف انك انت االعلٰی ینصرك الل ّٰ فی مواطن. ان یومی لفصل عظیم. كتب الل ّٰ الغلبن لماتہ بصآئر للناس. نصرتك من لدنی. انی منجیك من الغم. وكان ک انا ورسلی ال مبدل ل 1. In the Arabic abjad system each letter in the alphabet corresponds to a nu- merical value. Using this system, the date of the founding of the mosque, year 1300 of the Hijrah calendar, equals the sum of the numerical values of each Arabic letter used in the sentence. [Publisher]