Tadhkirah — Page 176
176 with all its blessings and falsehood may flee with all its ills, and so that people may understand that I am the Lord of Power, I do whatever I will, and so that they may believe that I am with you, and so that those who do not believe in God and deny and reject His religion and His Book and His Holy Messenger Mu h ammad, the Chosen One sa may be confronted with a clear Sign and the way of the guilty ones may become manifest. Rejoice, therefore, that a handsome and pure boy will be bestowed on you; you will receive an unblemished youth who will be of your seed and will be of your progeny. A handsome and pure boy 200 is coming as your guest. His name is Emmanuel and also Bash i r. He has been invested with a spirit of holiness, and he is free from all impurity. He is the light of Allah. Blessed is he who comes from heaven. He will be accompanied by grace 201 which shall arrive with him. 202 He will be 200 ‘A handsome and pure boy is coming as your guest…who comes from heaven. ’ These sentences…indicate a short life, because a guest is he who comes and leaves within a few days and departs very soon. The sentence that follows points to the Promised Reformer and that continues up to the end…. The prophecy of February 20…consisted of two prophecies, which were mistaken as one. Thereafter…this mistake was corrected by the subsequent revelation. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 5, pp. 43–44, dated December 4, 1888, addressed to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra ] 201 The revelation has made it clear that…the prophecy about the Promised Reformer starts with the words: ‘He be accompanied by grace which shall arrive with him. ’ Therefore, the revealed name of the Promised Reformer is Fa d l [Grace]. [H aqq a n i -Taqr i r bar W a qi‘ah Waf a t-e-Bash i r, December 1, 1888, Sabz Ishtih a r, p. 21 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 2, p. 467 footnote]