The Descent of the Messiah — Page 186
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH No Date of Prophecy 17 1880- 1882 The Revelation that I have been graced with has disclosed to me these miraculous prophecies that have already ap- peared in the world, and thousands of witnesses attest to them, some of which have been mentioned here Date Prophecy Fulfilled cy was related Noor Ahmad, one of the disciples of Maulawi Ghulam | This prophe- Ali of Amritsar, came to Qadian and was in denial of at the time the fact that anyone from this Ummah could receive of Fajr and authentic and definitive revelation from God. I invited was fulfilled him to stay and said that I would pray and perhaps God in the late would grant me some revelation in the form of a proph- afternoon. ecy. The prayer was heard and I received the following revelation in English in the words of a third person: آئی ایم کوٹ کر ]I am quarreller]. That is to say, “I am about to bring a lawsuit and I am a quarreller. " This was followed by the revelation: هُذَا شَاهِدٌ نَزَاعٌ See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya page 472¹. Meaning, "This witness is going to cause havoc. " I was made to understand from this that he wishes me to bear witness in someone else's lawsuit. Miyan Noor Ahmad was ap- prised of all these details prior to the fulfilment of the prophecy. The weather hindered Hafiz Noor Ahmad from travelling to Amritsar that day. In his presence, a letter from Rajab Ali, the Editor of Anis-e-Hind Press in Amritsar, as well as a court summons to be a witness, were received in the evening, from which I learnt that Rajab Ali, the Christian cleric, had nominated me as his witness. His claim was correct and my testimony proved destructive for the defendant, and this was the meaning of the revelation هُذَا شَاهِدٌ نَزَاعٌ ]This witness is going to cause havoc]. In this manner, Hafiz Noor 1 See Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, 2016. Islam International Publications Ltd. p. 359. [Publisher] 186