Tadhkirah — Page 131
1883 131 The last sentence mentioned above refers to the attribute of the same mosque 153 whose letters also indicate the 153 (A) I have received revelations concerning this blessed mosque five times. One of them is the following magnificent revelation … [Arabic] [ There are in it blessings for people and whoever enters it will be secure. ] [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 1, p. 55] (B) On one occasion when I desired to discover through revelation the phrase which would express the date of the consecration of this mosque…, I received the revelation: [Arabic] [ This mosque is a source of blessings, and is blessed itself. In it will be performed every blessed deed. ] [Iz a la-e-Auh a m, part 1, p. 186, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 190] (C) There are three types of Signs in this revelation. (1) First that this revelation comprises the date of the consecration of this mosque. (2) Second that in it is a prophecy stating that the affairs of a great Community will be settled in this mosque. Accordingly, thousands of people have made their covenant of repentance in this mosque. Hundreds of points relating to the mysteries of the faith are expounded in this mosque. Designs for new publications are settled in this mosque and a large number of Muslims offer the five daily prayers in this mosque and hear sermons and make their sincere heartfelt supplica- tions. No sign of any of these things existed at the time of its consecra- tion. (3) Third, this revelation indicates that there will be some calamity in future. Whoever will enter this mosque with complete sincerity will be secure against that calamity. Other references in the Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyyah prove conclusively that plague is that calamity. Thus, this is a prophecy that whoever enters this mosque with complete devotion and sincerity, such as is acceptable to God, will be secure against the plague, that is, against death by plague. [Nuz u lul-Mas ih , pp. 147–148, R u h a n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 525–526]