Tadhkirah — Page 95
1883 95 115 I expressed my surprise that the name of Qadian should be mentioned in the Holy Qur’an, on which he said: ‘Here it is, you can see. ’ I looked and saw that this revelation was set out about the middle of the right page of the Holy Qur’an. Then I said to myself: ‘It is true that the name of Qadian is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an’ and I also said: ‘Three names are mentioned with honour in the Holy Qur’an: Mecca, and Medina, and Qadian. ’ [Iz a la-e-Auh a m, pp. 76–77 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 140 footnote] 1883 The Revelation after it 116 is: [Arabic] Call down blessings on Muhammad and the progeny of Mu h ammad, who is Sayyed- e-Wuld-e- A dam [the Chief of mankind] and Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n [the Seal of the Prophets], may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This indicates that all these bounties and exaltations are on account of the Holy Prophet sa and a reward for loving him…. In the same way, the direction to call down blessings on the progeny of the Holy Prophet sa means that in acquiring divine light, love for the members of the household of the Holy Prophet sa plays a great part. A person who attains nearness to God does so by virtue of that He exalts the humble and the lowly and reduces the great and highly placed to the dust. [Iz a la-e-Auh a m, pp. 77–79 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 141 footnote] 115 We have sent it down close to Qadian. [Publishers] 116 i. e. After the revelation mentioned above. [Publishers]