The Noble Son — Page 8
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 8 on account of knowledge received from Allah the Almighty, that he shall be in the likeness of his father and shall be his successor; in whose favour Allah the Almighty had made a promise to the Messiah as , that he would be bestowed a righteous and holy son who would be the Promised Reformer and, in beauty and beneficence, bear likeness to the Promised Messiah himself — who is such a Promised Son and Promised Reformer in whose person the prophecies have been fulfilled? This is the topic and subject matter of my address, on which I shall endeavour a word of brief elaboration, bearing in mind the allocated time. The Appeal of the Hindus of Qadian to be Shown a Sign Before discussing the detailed prophecy of the Promised Messiah as concerning the Promised Reformer, it is imperative to explain that in September 1885 ten wealthy Hindus — Munshi Tara Chand Khatri, Lachmi Raam, Lala Bashandas, Pandit Lachman Raam, Pandit Nihalchand, and Pandit Beejnath of Chaudhry Bazaar Qadian, etc— wrote a letter to the Promised Messiah as that since he had dispatched registered letters to the people of London and America, making the claim that if any seeker of truth would come and stay with him for one year in Qadian, God Almighty would certainly show such an individual a sign in proof of the truthfulness of Islam which shall be beyond the power of man. ‘Accordingly we, who are your neighbours and fellow citizens,