The Noble Son — Page 90
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 90 godliness was that those who rejected Khilafat should have accepted him saying َ ن ْ خٰطِئِی کُنَّا اِنَّا *. But from among them only very few were fortunate enough to do so. On the contrary, those whose hearts were aflame with malice and envy became even more opposed and they preferred, in this matter, to follow the example of those concerning whom Allah the Almighty has said ٖ بِہ ا ْ کَفَُو ا ْ عََفُو مَّا ْ ہُم ءَ ٓ جَا فَلَمَّا. ** The Eighth Argument Fazl-e-Umar As has been mentioned before, the Promised Messiah as stated in Sabz Ishtehaar : ‘The Promised Reformer has been named Fazl in a revelation, and Mahmood has also been given as a second name along with Bashir II being his third name. And in a revelation, his name has also been manifested to be Fazl-e-Umar. ’ 100 In the Musleh Mauood being named Fazl-e-Umar, there was on the one hand, this indication that not only would he be the Khalifah and successor of the Promised Messiah as but rather, just as Hazrat Umar ra was the second Khalifah of the Holy Prophet s as similarly, he would be the second Khalifah of the Promised Messiah as. And that * Translation: ‘We have indeed been sinners. ’ [Translator] ** Translation: ‘When there came to them that which they knew, they rejected it. ’ The Holy Qur’an 2:90 [Translator]