The Noble Son — Page 68
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 68 of the Promised Messiah as came to be fulfilled. This fame came into being by virtue of the conveying and spreading of the message of Islam. Through this fame, Islam became well known. Through this fame, the truth of Islam and Ahmadiyyat became manifest. Then what is the significance of presenting in comparison to such fame the likes of the celebrity that the aforementioned Maulawi Sahib, the former leader of the deniers of Khilafat, presented? Had any person appointed by Allah prophesied the news of the fame of any of these persons prior to their birth by having received such intimation by revelation? If not—and certainly not—then why mention the celebrity of such people in comparison to this fame which had been conveyed through revelation and by the manifestation of which a magnificently glorious prophecy of the Promised Messiah as came to be fulfilled? If fame was indeed such a pointless thing as the former leader of the deniers of Khilafat has—by presenting his examples—tried to convey, then why had he himself declared it to be such a special criterion for the recognition of the Musleh Mauood? Through this what becomes clear is that at the time, he thought it was impossible for his envied Mahmood to attain such global fame. Or he considered this renown, news of which had been given by revelation beforehand, to be an altogether different thing from all those types of renown regarding which no news is given through revelation beforehand. And such fame is, in reality, a different thing altogether. However, when such fame was attained by this beneficent person through the grace of Allah the Almighty, who was the Musleh Mauood in