March/April 2008 - Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada

interest in and attention to the
secular affairs of the family, but
nothing of that kind appealed to
him at all. He observed:
My father was desirous that I
should be completely occupied
with worldly affairs, which
was contrary to my disposition
Nevertheless, out of
goodwill and in order to earn
spiritual merit, but not for
the sake of any worldly gain, I
devoted myself to serving my
father and for his sake I occupied
myself with worldly affairs and
also continued to supplicate
the Divine in his behalf. He
was assured that I was dutiful
towards my parents and he
often said that he desired me to
participate in worldly affairs
out of a feeling of sympathy for
me, though he realized that the
subject in which I was deeply
interested that is to say, religion,
was alone worth pursuing and
that he himself was only wasting
his time. (Rūhani Khazain, Vol.
13, Pg.183-184, Footnote)
He began to devote more and
more time to divine worship,
prayer and the study of the Holy
Qur’ān. He spent a good deal of
his time in the family mosque,
walking up and down most of the
time engaged in deep thought and
contemplation.
Love for the
Holy Prophet Muhammad sa
Say, “If you love Allah, follow me:
then will Allah love you.” (Chapter
3: Verse 32)
Because of this commandment
from the Holy Qur’ān, the
Promised Messiah as truly followed
and loved the Holy Prophet sa ,
which in turn, brought him
closer to Almighty Allah. Hadrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed of Qadian
received a revelation in 1883. He
writes:
Once it was revealed to me that
there was a search taking place in
the upper reaches of heaven for a
person who would revive Islam.
However, no such person had
yet been identified. At about this
time, I saw in a vision that some
people were searching for such a
reformer. One of those people came
face to face with me and pointing
towards me said: This is the man
who loves the messenger of Allah.
(Rūhani Khazain, Vol. 1, Pg. 598,
Sub-Footnote 3)
This revelation validated the fact
that the Promised Messiah’s as love
for the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa
was of the highest degree, that he
in fact for this very reason was
chosen to be the Messiah of the
latter days. The manifestation of
the love of the Holy Prophet saw
is evident from every moment of
the life of the Promised Messiah as
not only by just mere words but
also in the form of his sacrifices,
obedience, devotion and integrity
for his master. The Promised
Messiah as was a true believer and
follower of the Holy Prophet sa . He
writes:
“It would not have been possible
for me to have attained this grace
of Allah if I had not followed the
footsteps of my lord and master,
the pride of all the prophets, the
best of mankind, Muhammad sa the
chosen one.” (Rūhani Khazain,
Vol. 22, Pg. 64)
Hudur as says that one night, he
called out blessings upon the Holy
Prophet sa to such a degree that his
heart and soul were filled with the
prophet’s fragrance. That night,
he saw in his dream that angels
were carrying a bag full of lights
into his house and one of them
said to him, “These are the blessings
that you called upon Muhammad sa .”
(Rūhani Khazain, Vol. 22, Pg. 64)
Divine Revelations
In the meantime, as was
customary in those days, Hadrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s marriage
to a first cousin, Hurmat Bibi, was
arranged. From her he had two
sons, Mirza Sultan Ahmad and
Mirza Fazal Ahmad, born in 1853
and 1855 respectively.
In 1876, he happened to be in
Lahore when he saw a dream
which indicated that the death of
his father was near and he died.
He says that being human, the
thought came to his mind that
his family’s means of income
would be affected whereupon
he received another revelation in
Arabic, “Is not Allah sufficient for
His servant?”
It was in 1891, Hadrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad as received
repeated revelations that Jesus as of
Nazareth, whose second advent
was awaited by both the Muslims
and Christians, had died a natural
death and the meaning of his
second advent was that a person
would appear in the spirit of Jesus
and that he himself was that person,
the Promised Messiah. When he
received repeated revelations
commanding him to publish this
fact, he had no choice but to do as
was commanded. He proceeded to
Ludhiana and there issued a notice
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