Tadhkirah — Page 414
414 [Urdu] I shall bless you, so much so that kings shall seek blessings from your garments. This is the mystery concerning the names of Mahd i and ‘ I s a which has been revealed to me by a divine revelation on Monday, S afar 13, 1316 AH, July 4, 1898 CE. [Ayy a mu s-S ula h , p. 151, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 14, p. 398] 1898 God Almighty has revealed to me that there are many who are of my Jam a ‘at and have not yet joined it but who are its members within God’s knowledge. I have repeatedly received with reference to them the revelation: [Arabic] They will fall into prostration, supplicating: Our Lord forgive us, for we were in error. [Ayy a mu s-S ula h , p. 177, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 14, p. 426] 1898 The next season appears to be the same about which some indications were given in a revelation. The intimation creates apprehension. I advise that in these days the worldly concerns and business should be kept to the minimum. The days will be hard. As far as possible, you should admonish all your brothers. Even if they do not desist, you would have performed your duty. …Regularity in performing the Prayers is vital these days. I have been apprised that these days will be days of great calamities and death and affliction for the world…. I feel that in this time of severe tribulation of which I have been warned through revelation, all my dear friends should, as far as possible, be in Qadian. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 87, Letter dated July 21, 1898, addressed to Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n]