Ḥaḍrat Mirzā Bashīr Aḥmadra was born to the Promised Messiahas on April 20, 1893, according to the Divine prophecy:
“The Moon of the Prophets will arrive and your affair will become manifest... Soon a son will be born to you and grace will come close to you.”
He passed his matriculation with distinction in 1910 and did M.A. (Arabic) in 1916 in compliance with the wish of the Promised Messiahas.
The blessings of Allāh which accompanied him, the prayers of the Promised Messiahas in his favour, the guidance given to him by his elder brother, Ḥaḍrat Khalīfatul Masīḥ IIra, and his God-given abilities enabled him to serve the Aḥmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at throughout his life in various capacities.
He was a great religious scholar and a prolific writer. His books, articles and speeches are easily comprehensible even for the average reader. He wrote on a number of topics; and his magnum opus is Sīrat Khātamun-Nabiyyīn. Moreover, Sīratul-Mahdī, Silsila-e-Aḥmadiyyah, Tablīgh-e-Hidāyat, Kalimatul-Faṣl and Hamāra Khudā are some of his significant works.
Apart from his books, he contributed many articles, the number of which runs into the hundreds, to Jamā‘at dailies and periodicals - especially the Al-Faḍl.
He was a man of God and the recipient of Divine revelations and visions, but he would not disclose them, except rarely. One of his revelations was السلام علیكم i.e., ‘Peace be upon you’, and another one was:
Meaning, “Rise Muḥammadī, the time of your eminence has drawn near.”
He passed away on September 2, 1963 at the age of 71.