Titles: Thani Ithnain

Another title was “Thani Ihtnain” [one of the two]. Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiqra was given the title of Thani Ithnain by Allah the Almighty. Allah the Almighty stated:

إِلَّا‭ ‬تَنصُرُوهُ‭ ‬فَقَدۡ‭ ‬نَصَرَهُ‭ ‬اللّٰهُ‭ ‬إِذۡ‭ ‬أَخۡرَجَهُ‭ ‬الَّذِينَ‭ ‬كَفَرُواْ‭ ‬ثَانِيَ‭ ‬اثۡنَيۡنِ‭ ‬إِذۡ‭ ‬هُمَا‭ ‬فِي‭ ‬الۡغَارِ‭ ‬إِذۡ‭ ‬يَقُولُ‭ ‬لِصٰحِبِهِۦ‭ ‬لَا‭ ‬تَحۡزَنۡ‭ ‬إِنَّ‭ ‬اللّٰهَ‭ ‬مَعَنَاۖ‭ ‬فَأَنزَلَ‭ ‬اللّٰهُ‭ ‬سَكِينَتَهُۥ‭ ‬عَلَيۡهِ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

“If you help him not, then know that Allah helped him even when the disbelievers drove him forth while he was one of the two when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion, ‘Grieve not, for Allah is with us.’ Then Allah sent down His peace on him.” [Ch.9: V.40]

The Promised Messiah (as) states:

“During a period of great hardship and difficulty, Allah the Almighty comforted His Prophet (sa) through him. He was honoured by being granted the title of Al-Siddiq [the truthful] and he enjoyed the nearness of the Holy Prophet (sa). Moreover, Allah the Almighty bestowed upon him the title of being ‘one of the two’ and counted him amongst His most chosen servants …”

“Can you point towards any other man who has been referred to as ‘one of the two’, who has been named a close companion of the Prophet (sa) of both realms, and who has been made a recipient of the blessings enshrined in the words ‘Allah is with us’, and who has been declared as one of the two individuals who were granted divine succour? Do you know of anyone else who has been praised in the Quran in such a manner? Or whose character has been secured against all doubts and suspicions? Or regarding whom it has been stated, not as mere conjecture, but rather in clear and emphatic verses of the Holy Quran that he was among those accepted by God?

“By Allah, I cannot find anyone other than Hazrat Abu Bakr al-Siddiqra who has received such special and clear mention in the Scripture of the Lord of the Ancient House [Ka‘bah]. Therefore, if you are in doubt concerning that which I have said, or if you think that I have deviated from the truth, then quote even a single instance of another individual being mentioned in such terms in the Quran, if you are indeed truthful.”

(Sirr-ul-Khilafah, Urdu translation of Sirr-ul-Khilafah , pp. 60, 63-64)

The Promised Messiah (as) wrote this in Sirr-ul-Khilafah.