Tadhkirah — Page 438
438 June 14, 1899 The time of delivery was near for my wife and on June 14, with the first pains, my wife’s condition became serious. Her body temperature dropped and she suffered from extreme weakness. It seemed as if she would faint. I imagined at that time that perhaps she was about to leave the world. The children were all deeply overcome and the women and her mother were almost out of their senses for the crisis had arisen suddenly. Believing that she was at her last breath and yet being certain of God’s power to perform wonders, I supplicated for her health and her condition changed immediately and I received the revelation: Indicating that [Arabic] We have postponed death and moved it for another time. Her body temperature rose again and then she regained her full senses and the boy was born who has been named Mub a rak Ahmad. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 5, part 1, p. 26, Letter addressed to Seth ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n of Madras, Tash hi dhul Adhh a n, vols. 2, 3, p. 116, published February–March 1908] June 17, 1899 Maul ana ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra wrote in a letter about a dream of the Promised Messiah as : The Promised Messiah as saw that there was fire and smoke and sparks were flying towards him but did not hurt him. In this situation he was supplicating: