The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 43
Marriage and Righteous Progeny 43 Not for a single moment did He let me worry about my livelihood, nor did He allow me to be anxious about the responsibilities of running a household. [Tiryāq-ul-Qulüb, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 201-203] أشْكُرُ نِعْمَتِي رَبَّيْتَ خَدِيجَتِي (Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, p. 558) Translation: Be grateful to Me that you have found My Khadīja. This was a glad tiding given to me years ago regard- ing my marriage in a family of Sādāt in Delhi, as a result of which, four sons were born to me, by the grace of God. My wife had been called Khadīja be- cause, in keeping with this prophecy, she was to be the mother of a blessed progeny, and it was also indi- cated that she would belong to a Sādāt family. [Nuzūl-ul-Masīḥ, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 524-525] The following prophecy has been on record for the last eighteen years: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الصِّهُرَ وَالنَّسَبَ It is the True God Who made you son-in-law of a no- ble Sayyed family. He made your own lineage noble which is a blend of Persian and Sādāt blood. This prophecy has been explained further in other revela- tions, and even the name of the city has been mentioned, which is Delhi, and the prophecy was communicated to many people. . . And just as it was written, so did it come to pass; for, without any prior ties of kinship, I was married in a noble and renowned Sādāt family of Delhi. This family is descended from