Tadhkirah — Page 90
90 1883 There were other revelations in the same context. For instance: [Arabic] …and People said: ‘O Maryam [Mary]! What an abominable and despicable thing—far removed from righteousness—have you perpetrated. Your father 107 and your mother were not such people. ’ [Kashti-e-N uh , p. 48, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 19, p. 51] 1883 Thereafter 108 the revelation came: [Arabic] You have been helped and they said: ‘There is no way of escape left. ’ 107 I recall that there was a Sayyed in Batala of the name of Fa d l Sh a h or Mehr Sh a h who was very fond of my father and had great regard for him. When someone told him of my claim that I was the Promised Messiah as he wept a lot and said: ‘His father was a very good man;’ meaning: Who has he taken after for his father was a good man—a simple and straight Muslim and far from any kind of imposture? Likewise, many people said: ‘You have defamed your family by making such a claim. ’ [Kashti-e-N uh , p. 48 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 19, pp. 51–52 footnote] 108 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : i. e. After the revelation: [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, p. 496, footnote 3, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, p. 591, footnote 3]