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206 concept at present and there will not be one of them who will escape such chastisement for their opposition proceeds from their faithlessness and not from any other source. [Announcement of July 15, 1888, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, pp. 160–161] 1888 I stood in no need of seeking this 234 match. Allah the Almighty had provided for all my needs. He had bestowed children upon me, among them a son who will be the lamp of the faith. 235 He has also promised another son within a short time whose name will be Ma h m u d Ahmad and who will prove a person of high resolve in his undertakings. [Announcement of July 15, 1888, Tatimmah Ishtih a r a t, July 10, 1888, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, pp. 161–162] August 1888 Allah the Glorious has revealed to me: 236 [Letter of August 1888, al- H akam, vol. 5, no. 32, August 31, 1901, p. 6, column 2] 234 With Muhammad i Begum daughter of Mirz a Ahmad Baig [Mirza Bashir Ahmad] 235 Bash i r 1 st who was born on August 7, 1887 and died on November 4, 1888. The Promised Messiah as has used the words ‘light of faith’ for him. The use of the words ‘light of faith’ for Bash i r 1 st is due to his personal faculties, as the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has said about his son Ibr a h i m, ‘If he had lived long, he would have been a righteous Prophet. ’ The Promised Messiah as has explained the revelation of February 20, 1886 in the Sabz Ishtih a r of December 1, 1888, which will be mentioned later. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams] 236 [Arabic] The s ula ha ’ [righteous ones] of Arabia and the abd a l [devotees] of Syria call down blessings on you and the earth and heaven call down blessings on you and Allah praises you from His Throne. [Publishers]