Tadhkirah — Page 210
210 [Urdu] He will be of high resolve and will be like you in beauty and benevolence. He is All- Powerful and creates as He wills. [Ishtih a r Takm i l-e-Tabligh, January 12, 1889, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, p. 191] 1888 My eldest son who is alive, whose name is Ma h m u d, was not yet born when I was given intimation through a vision of his birth and I saw his name written on the wall of the mosque as: Ma h m u d. Thereupon, I printed an announcement on green sheets of paper for publication of this prophecy. The date of its publication is December 1, 1888. [Tiry a qul-Qul u b, p. 40, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 15, p. 214] 1888 The following couplet concerning the Promised Reformer found utterance on my tongue in a dream: 240 [Ishtih a r Takm i l-e-Tabligh, January 12, 1889, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, pp. 191–192 footnote] 1888 (A) God Almighty also disclosed to me that the prophecy of February 20, 1886 prophesied the birth of two blessed boys. Up to the words: [Urdu] [Blessed is he who comes from heaven ]; the prophecy related to 240 [Persian] O Pride of Messengers, I have realised the degree of your nearness to God. Your coming has been delayed [and] you have come from a long distance. [Publishers]