Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 252
252 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION نکلی وہ واہ از بس کہ یہ مغفرت کا دکھلاتی ہے راہ تاریخ بھی یا Considering that it shows the path of salvation, How wonderful it is that the year of publication [1297 AH] is repre- sented by the phrase 'Ya Ghafür' 2 [O Forgiving Lord]. Thus, the year 1290 recorded in the Book of Daniel is the year of the Promised Messiah's advent. The book, Barahin-e-Aḥmadiyya, in which I announced that I was commissioned and appointed by God, was published only seven years thereafter, and I have already stated that the series of converse with Allah had started seven years earlier; i. e. in 1290 Hijrah. Again the last days of the Promised Messiah are fixed by Dāniāl at 1,335 years which resembles the revelation of God Almighty concerning my age. This prophecy is not based on presumption, for it concurs with the prophecy of Haḍrat Īsāªs [Jesus] in the Gospel concerning the Promised Messiah which also fixes the present age for the Promised Messiah. Thus, the following Signs of the time [for the advent] of the Promised Messiah are noted during that period: the plague shall break out, earthquakes shall strike, wars will rage, and the solar and lunar eclipses shall take place. Hence, there is not the least doubt that the age whose hallmarks are spelled out in the Gospel is the same about which Dāniāl prophesied. And the prophecy of the Gospel supports that of Dāniāl, for all those things have come to pass in this age. Furthermore, the Jewish and the Christian prophecy that is inferred from the Bible affirms it; namely, that the Promised Messiah will be born at the end of the 6th millennium from the birth of Adam. According to the lunar calendar, which is the original calendar of the People of the 1. The word in the original Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya was ('points to'). The word ('shows') as given here is a variation of the same with similar meanings. [Publisher] 2. In the Arabic abjad system each letter in the alphabet corresponds to a nu- merical value. Using this system, the value of 'Ya Ghafür' is 1,297. [Publisher]