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– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 26 Reformer and the boy who will attain a long life. He [Bashir I] passed away on 4 November 1888. Upon this, the opponents of Islam raised the petty objection that this was indeed the child regarding whom it had been manifested in the announcements of 20 February 1886, 8 April 1886, and 7 August 1888 that he would be characterised with grandeur, greatness, and wealth, and nations would attain supremacy through him. The Promised Messiah as published an irrefutable reply to such kinds of criticisms in the announcement of 1 December 1888 which later came to be known as Sabz Ishtehaar [The Green Announcement]. On page 21 of this announcement he wrote with reference to the 20 February 1886 announcement: ‘Through Divine revelation, it has been made clear that all these statements relate to the deceased child and the prophecy that relates to the Promised Reformer begins with the words, “He has with him the grace of God, that will be manifested with his coming. ” Thus, in the revealed words, the name given to the Promised Reformer is Fazl [Blessed]. Furthermore, his second name is Mahmood, and the third name is Bashir II. And in a revelation, his name has been manifested to be Fazl- e-Umar. ’ 24 In the above announcement, the revealed words that the Promised Messiah as has quoted from the announcement published on 20 February 1886, has been applied by him to the Promised Reformer, and he has declared in clear words that such an excerpt relates to the