| Date | Details |
|---|---|
| 1880 to 1884 | Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya: Parts 1 – 4 are published |
| 1885 | The Promised Messiahas announces that he is Divinely commissioned as the reformer of the age. He issues a global challenge to demonstrate a manifest sign in favour of the True Faith. He states that seekers after truth should stay in his company for at least one year in Qadian and witness powerful signs in support of Islam. [Majmu’ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, pp. 30-31, 2019 ed.] |
| 1885 | The Hindus of Qadian write a letter to the Promised Messiahas. They request him to show them a sign in support of Islam. They state: “In the same manner in which you have sent registered letters to London and America regarding this subject—that whoever is a sincere seeker and comes to stay with us in Qadian for a year, Allah the Almighty will certainly show them such signs in support of the truth of Islam that are beyond human power—we, who are your neighbours and fellow citizens, are more deserving than those in London and America.” [Majmu’ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 116, 2019 ed.] |
| January 1886 | The Promised Messiahas travels to Hoshiarpur to undertake a spiritual sojourn of 40 days in which he will remain in seclusion, fast and pray fervently to Allah the Almighty for a sign. |
| February 20, 1886 | The prophecy regarding the Promised Reformer (Musleh-e-Mau’ud) is published in the Riaz-e-Hind newspaper, Amritsar |
| March 22, 1886 | He publishes an announcement in which he specifies aspects of the prophecy, based upon divine revelation. He writes: “This is not merely a prophecy but a grand heavenly sign, which the Gracious God, exalted is His glory, has manifested to demonstrate the truth and greatness of our noble, compassionate, and merciful Prophet, Muhammad, the Chosen One, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. …Such a boy will certainly be born within a period of 9 years according to the promise of Allah, whether sooner or later; in any case, he will be born within this period.” [Majmu’ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 128, 2019 ed.] |
| April 15, 1886 | A daughter, Ismat Bibi, is born to the Promised Messiahas and his wife Hazrat Amma Jaan Syeda Nusrat Jahan Begumra. Opponents stir up a storm of mockery. |
| August 7, 1887 | A son, Bashir I is born. A few months before his birth, the Promised Messiahas states: “It has not been made clear whether the boy who will be born now is the same promised boy or whether he will be born at some other time within the nine-year period.” [Majmu’ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 133, 2019 ed.] Shortly after his birth, he writes: “Regarding the newborn child, I have not published in any newspaper the claim that this is the same boy whose qualities were described in the February 20, 1886 announcement.” [Maktubat-e-Ahmad, vol. 1, p. 306, 2008 ed.] |
| November 4, 1888 | Bashir I dies in infancy. Once again, opponents raise a clamour and decry the prophecy as false. |
| December 1, 1888 | The Promised Messiahas publishes a tract commonly known as Sabz Ishtihar (The Green Announcement). “The fact is that no one can cite a single word from any of my announcements … in which I claimed that this particular boy, who is now deceased, would be the Promised Reformer and blessed with a long life.” [The Green Announcement, p. 3, 2008 ed.] “The Promised Reformer has been named Fazl, and Mahmood, and Bashir II, and also Fazl-e-Umar. The coming of the Promised Reformer had to be deferred until this Bashir was born and was taken back from us, because all future events had been placed under his feet. Bashir I, who has passed away, was in fact a forerunner for Bashir II, and this is why they were both mentioned together in the same prophecy.” [The Green Announcement, p. 24, footnote, 2008 ed.] |
| January 12, 1889 | Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmadra, the Promised Reformer, is born. In an announcement published on the same day, the Promised Messiahas states: “Today, Saturday, January 12, 1889, corresponding to 19 Jumada al-Awwal 1306 AH, by the grace of Allah, a boy was born in my home. For now, merely as a gesture of good omen, he has been named Bashir and Mahmood. Further information will be provided after complete clarification.” This consequential announcement also lays out the 10 conditions of Bai’at, in effect, symbolizing the founding of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at. [Majmu’ah Ishtiharat, vol. 1, p. 208, footnote, 2019 ed.] |
| May 1897 | In his book Siraj-e-Munir (The Shining Lamp), the Promised Messiahas categorically states that the prophecy was fulfilled with the birth of his son Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood Ahmadra: “The fifth prophecy concerned the birth of my son Mahmood and that he would now be born and be named Mahmood. And for the announcement of this prophecy, green paper was used, and this [Sabz Ishtihar—The Green Announcement] was distributed in the thousands and is still available. Accordingly, that son was born within the term of the prophecy and is now in his ninth year.” [The Shining Lamp, 2024 ed., p. 64] |
| 1907 | In his book Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation), the Promised Messiahas writes: “Similarly, when my first son passed away, ignorant maulawis and their associates, as well as Christians and Hindus, expressed much jubilation. They were repeatedly reminded that the announcement of 20 February 1886 contained this prophecy that some sons [of mine] would also die. It was, therefore, necessary that some son should have died young. Even then, those people did not desist from raising objections. Thereupon, God Almighty gave me the tidings of another son. Thus, page seven of my Sabz Ishtihar [Green Announcement] has this revelation about the birth of that other son: ‘The second Bashir shall be granted who is also named Mahmood. He has not been born until now which is the first of September 1888, but he shall, most certainly, be born within its stipulated time period in keeping with the promise of God Almighty. Heaven and earth can move, but it is not possible for His promises to be held off.’ This is the wording on page seven of the Sabz Ishtihar, in accordance with which a son was born in January 1889, who was named Mahmood and who, by the grace of the Exalted, is still alive and is in his seventeenth year.“ [Haqiqatul-Wahi — The Philosophy of Divine Revelation, 2023 ed., pp. 454–455] |
