Tadhkirah — Page 662
662 September 23, 1903 754 [al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 37, October 2, 1903, p. 390] 1903 [Arabic] O Ahmad, you have been made a Messenger. This means that as I have deserved the name Ahmad as a manifestation and reflection of Ahmad, though my name is Ghul a m Ahmad; in the same way, as a manifestation and a reflection, I deserve the title Prophet, for Ahmad was a Prophet and Prophethood cannot be severed from him. [Tadhkiratush-Shah a datain, p. 43, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 20, pp. 45–46; Review of Religions, vol. 2, no. 11, 12, November, December, 1903, p. 441] 1903 At a time when Qadian was afflicted with the plague my son Shar if Ahmad fell ill and appeared to be suffering from very high fever like typhoid. He lost consciousness and beat about his arms in that condition. I thought to myself that no one was immortal but if the boy died while plague was raging in Qadian, my enemies would call this fever the plague and would treat the holy revelation that had been vouchsafed to me as false: 754 [Persian] Be glad and happy. [Publishers] Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : This revelation was received during the court case of Karam D i n.