The Noble Son — Page 63
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 63 said that, ‘he would attain renown to the corners of the earth,’ and that, ‘nations shall receive blessings through him,’ and that, ‘he would be the Promised Reformer,’ in complete opposition to the policy of those who rejected the need for Khilafat, announced: ‘May Allah make it so that this mischief may be brought to an end through my hand, and this fire of discord be extinguished so that I can pay full attention to that grand task which is the foremost of the responsibilities of the Khalifah, that being, to make the truth of the one he obeys to reach the entire world. May it be so that before my death I see the truth of Ahmadiyyat shining in the distant lands of the world. ٍ اہللِ بِعَزِیْز ذٰلِکَ عَلَی وَ مَا ’ * 68 He further stated: ‘At this time the enemy is saying that now Ahmadiyyat is done! But Allah the Almighty desires that He should bestow even greater progress upon it than before and those who love Islam should rejoice that now after autumn, spring is about to arrive. And the days of the fulfilment of the glad tidings of the Promised Messiah as have arrived. God Almighty will not let the prayers of the one He raised and of his first Khalifah go to waste, and will certainly, remove the distresses of Islam. Thus Allah the Almighty, in order to bring about the accomplishment of this task, has entered the desire into my heart that I should * Translation ‘And that is not at all far from Allah to bring about. ’ [Translator]