The Heavenly Sign — Page 28
28 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i becomes the recipient of revelation and proclaims to be the Promised Imam. Now, let it be clear, that I was com- manded, through a specific revelation, to call the people to Allah, in the fortieth year of my life, and I was given the glad tidings that I will live up to eighty years or thereabout. In view of this revelation, the tenure of my prophetic mission will extend to forty years out of which ten full years have already passed. (See page 238 of Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya ). [And Allah has power over everything]. Although, like the call of Noah, the signs of this call to the Truth are not yet evident, all will be fulfilled at its proper time. I see the sinners ashamed and out of countenance Before this immaculately innocent Imam. This couplet clearly indicates that the Imam, who will come at the beginning of the fourteenth century, will have many opponents and insolent deniers who will be destined to suffer disgrace and humiliation. This is referred to in the revelation which was published in A sm a n i Fai s la and which is as follows: I am the Bestower of victory. I will give you victory. You will witness wonderful help and your opponents will fall down in prostration, supplicating: 'O, Lord forgive us! We were indeed the miscreants. ' I see his hand shining like the white hand of Moses