The Noble Son — Page 88
– FULFILMENT OF A GRAND PROPHECY 88 ‘At the very least, I wish to make a decision about myself that after this oath it would be prohibited for me that I write anything against the beliefs of Hazrat Miyan Sahib. Either I will accept them or become engaged in prayers, in any case I shall become silent. If he is the Musleh Mauood, then let him make this claim upon oath as to whether he has been informed by revelation that he is indeed that very son indicated in Sabz Ishtehaar. ’ From this, it can be understood that those who rejected Khilafat also held the same belief that the son, whose birth has been foretold in Sabz Ishtehaar , is the Promised Son and the Promised Reformer. And the Promised Messiah as has written with reference to Sabz Ishtehaar itself in Siraaj-e-Muneer , Tiryaaqul-Quloob and Haqeeqatul- Wahi , that in accordance with this, Mahmood—his son—was born. Although many articles were written concerning this topic in the Community’s magazines and newspapers from 1914 to 1944, that he was indeed the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning the Musleh Mauood, Hazrat Amirul-Momineen Khalifatul-Masih II aba did not claim to be the fulfilment of the prophecy till the time in which the reality of it was disclosed to him through revelation and Allah the Almighty caused to issue forth from his tongue the revealed words: ُ الْمَسِیْحُ الْمَوْعُوْدُ مَثِیْلُہُ وَ خَلِیْفَتَہ اَنَا *. This indeed was the greatest of the signs identifying the Musleh Mauood that he would be the successor of the Promised Messiah as and his likeness in beauty and benevolence. * Translation: ‘I am the Promised Messiah —his likeness and his Khalifah. ’ [Translator]