This is the age of the latter-ones, with which Islam's triumphs is associated. We all know that these triumphs shall not come about with swords or guns or bombs, now the ultimate weapon is prayer, and then reasoning and arguments that have been given to the Promised Messiah(as). It is through these indeed, Insha'Allah, that Islam is going to be triumphant. For the acceptance of prayer and to attain nearness to Allah and His blessings, He has told us in the verse mentioned earlier that blessings and salutations should be invoked on the Holy Prophet(sa), and we have understood from various Ahadith also that all this will not be possible without invoking blessings on the Holy Prophet(sa). The Promised Messiah(as) has also told us that the station that has been granted to him has been granted due to (his) reciting Durud, and it also has a unique connection with the future triumphs of Islam.
While mentioning his status through which Allah the Exalted sent him into the world as the Messiah and Mahdi, the Promised Messiah(as) mentions a revelation of his and says:
Send blessings and salutations on Muhammad, and on the people of Muhammad who is the chief of the sons of Adam and is the Seal of the Prophets, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
This indicates to the fact that all these dignities and beneficences and favours are only by means of him(sa) and are a reward for loving him(sa). Glory to Allah, what lofty stations are there in the most eminent union with this chief of all creation and what kind of proximity it is that the one who loves him becomes Allah's beloved and the world becomes the servant of his servant. I am reminded here that one night this humble one invoked blessing on the Holy Prophet(sa) to such a degree that my heart and soul filled with its fragrance. That night I saw in my dream that (angels) were bringing water skins full of light into my house and one of them said to me, 'These are the blessings that you invoked on Muhammad(sa)’.
.... Another similar wondrous incident comes to mind that once [I] had a revelation the meanings of which were that the higher angels are in commotion. That is, the Will of God is aroused to revive the faith. To bring faith back to life from anew. However, the appointment of the one who will bestow life to the dead, the ‘Revivalist’, has not yet been revealed to the higher angels. It is not clear who is going to bring it back to life. That is the reason why there is conflict. At that moment, I saw in dream that people are looking around for a 'Revivalist' and a person comes in front of this humble person and said while signaling towards him:
that is, this is the man who loves the Prophet of God and the meanings of these words were that the highest condition of this office is the love of the Prophet and that is certainly verified in this person.
Similarly the commandment to invoke blessings on the people of the Prophet(sa) in the above mentioned revelation has the same mystery; that love for the Ahl-e-Bait has a most elevated link with the diffusion of Divine luminosity. The person who joins the kindred of this most eminent union attains the legacy of these chaste and pure ones and is conferred with all their knowledge and spiritual discernment.
(Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, Four parts, Sub-footnote #3, Ruhani Khaza’in Vol. 1, pp. 597-598)