An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 74
74 Background During these days, the attention of the world was drawn towards the Promised Messiah as by means of dreams, visions and revelations of diverse natural phenomena. People living in different parts of the world had dreams and visions. They knew nothing about the Promised Messiah as , and long before he himself was divinely informed that he was the Promised Messiah, definite indications had appeared about his advent. In those days, a large number of people who went to bed with their hearts full of hate and bitterness against the Promised Messiah as , woke up as his devotees. There were others who came to Qadian and without making enquiries, they saw and recognized his holy face which they had seen in their dreams as that of the the Promised Messiah as and became his followers. Does not all this furnish us with a confirmation of the truth of the Promised Messiah as , expressed in the clearest terms from indisputable and unexpected quarters? The Book In May 1892, the Promised Messiah as wrote this book to draw attention to heavenly testimony in support of his claim. Kar i m Bakhsh of Jam a lp u r, District Ludhiana, most emphatically and repeatedly declared on oath that Gul a b Sh a h, a local saint who died in about 1861, had told him that Jesus, son of Mary, was dead and that the prophecy regarding his second advent was to be fulfilled in the person of the Promised Messiah as of Qadian, who, he said, had attained maturity by the time he foretold this, and that the mullahs would disbelieve him. Another testimony was that of Ni‘matull a h, a great saint of India, who lived in the suburb of Delhi about 500 A. H. His prophecy is found in a book which was printed in 1868 A. D. The title of the book is Arba'in F i A h w a lil Mahdiyy i n.