The Shining Lamp — Page 130
130 Twenty-Fifth Prophecy This prophecy is present on page 490 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya 1 and it says: ُبْدَء ُ مِنْكَ. ي َ َنْقَطِع ُ اٰبَآؤُك َ و ي َ ا ہّٰللِّٰ تَبَارَك َ و َ تَعَالٰی زَاد َ مَـجْدَكَ. سُبْـحَان ُبْدَء ُ مِنْكَ. ي َ َنْقَطِع ُ اٰبَآؤُك َ و ي َ ا ہّٰللِّٰ تَبَارَك َ و َ تَعَالٰی زَاد َ مَـجْدَكَ. سُبْـحَان Translation: ‘Holy is that God who is Blessed and Most High. He has raised your eminence. Henceforth shall it be that the name [and remembrance] of your forefathers will be cut off ’—that is, they will not be remembered in their independent capacities—‘and God will make you the foundation stone of your family’s edifice. ’ There are two promises made in this prophecy: (1) First, that God will grant worthy and good progeny to this family; and [2] Second, this humble one will become the foundation of all honour and glory. And the prophecy that was made regarding a blessed son, that ilh a m is in fact, a part of this ilh a m. At that time, the igno- rant had raised a clamour that soon after the prophecy, a girl was born rather than a boy because these ignorant ones believed that the prophecy should have been fulfilled without any time lapse. This is not the purpose behind God’s revelations. In fact, if one such boy was born with those qualities after the birth of a girl a thousand times, even then, the prophecy would still be consid- ered fulfilled. But yes, if the word ‘forthwith’ had been present in the revelation from Allah, then it would have been incumbent for the prophecy to have been fulfilled accordingly. 1. See also English translation, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part 4, Sub-Footnote Number Three, p. 367, published in 2016. [Publisher]