Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be upon him, prophesied:
“In a revelation this second son was called Bashir too. God said:
دوسرا بشىر تمہىں دىا جائے گا
‘A second Bashir will be bestowed upon you.’ This is the same Bashir whose other name is Mahmood concerning whom it was said that:
وہ اولو العزم ہو گااور حسن و احسان مىں تىرا نظىر ہو گا۔
يَخْلُقُ اللهُ مَا يَشَآءُ
‘He will be of high resolve and will be like you in beauty and benevolence. He creates what He wills.’”
[Tadhkirah, English translation, p. 209, 2018 ed.]
“God the Glorious, had of His Grace and Benevolence promised … that after the death of Bashir I, a second Bashir will be bestowed whose name will also be Mahmood. And addressing my humble self, Allah the Almighty said: He would be a person of high resolve and will be like you in beauty and benevolence. God is Almighty and creates whatever He wills. Accordingly, today, Saturday January 12, 1889 CE, Jamadi’ul-Awwal 9, 1306 AH, Sunday, a son has been born to this humble one who has for the moment been named Bashir and Mahmood, only by way of good omen. …
“In a dream I had uttered this verse concerning the Promised Reformer:
اے فخرِ رُسُل قربِ تو معلومم شد
دىر آمدۂ زِ راہِ دور آمدۂٖ
[O Pride of Messengers, I have realised the degree of your nearness to God. Your coming has been delayed and you have come from a long distance.]
“Thus — if according to the divine will — by delay was meant only the period which has elapsed before the birth of this son who has been named Bashir-ud-Deen Mahmood by way of good omen, then it would be no wonder if he should prove to be the Promised Son.”
[Tadhkirah, English translation, pp. 210–211, footnote, 2018 ed.]