Some Prophecies of Hazrat Ahmad - A Critical Study — Page 57
He will be a person of high resolve in his projects. '¹¹. In another announcement some six weeks before the birth of this son,. Hadhrat Ahmadas declared that he had been 'given intimation of a son who was to be born to him and he saw his name written on a wall as. Mahmud. '12. This Bashir, who was to be named Mahmud also, finally made his blessed appearance on the 12th of January, 1889. On the birth of this son,. Hadhrat Ahmadas stated that 'a son has been born to him who had been named Bashir and Mahmud by way of good omen. ' '13. The birth of this child was followed by the birth of yet another son,. Bashir Ahmad, who was born to Hadhrat Ahmadas on 20th of April, 1893. Hence, within this period of nine years, specified by the initial prophecy, Hadhrat Ahmadas was blessed with, not one but three sons of which one, Bashir the First, died and two, Bashiruddin Mahmud and. Bashir Ahmad, survived. To argue that Hadhrat Ahmad'sas prophecy in relation to the birth of a Promised Son had not been fulfilled would thus be thoroughly unjustified since two of his surviving sons had been born within the specified period of the prophecy. . What in fact, remained to be seen now, was, whether either of these two surviving sons of Hadhrat Ahmadas, Bashiruddin Mahmud and Bashir. Ahmad, born before the expiry of the specified period of nine years, proved to be the promised son in the prophecy. . It is rather ironic that while the critics of Hadhrat Ahmad'sas prophecies, contend against the fulfilment of this prophecy concerning the Promised Son by artfully exploiting the birth of his children who died in infancy or childhood, they totally ignore the birth of these two stalwarts of Islam, Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddun Mahmud Ahmadra and. Hadhrat Mirza Bashir Ahmadra, both of whom were born within the prophecied period of nine years and both of whom survived their father,. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmadas of Qadian. 11. Green Announcement, 1st December, 1888, pg 17: Tabligh Risalat, Vol: 1, pg 137 12. Green Announcement, 1st December, 1888: Taryaq ul Qulub, pg 40 13. Ishtihar Takmeel Tabligh, 12. 12. 1889: Tableegh Risalat, Vol. 1: pp 147/149 f/n 57