The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 167
Miscellaneous Signs 167 insisted that I should hold a debate with Maulavi Sa- hib on a certain issue. Yielding to his persistent request, I accompanied him to the residence of Mau- lavī Sahib one evening and found him in the mosque with his father. To cut a long story short, when I heard the views of Maulavī Sahib, I concluded that there was nothing objectionable in what he said. Therefore, merely for the sake of Allah, I forbore to hold a debate with him. That night God granted me the following revelation with reference to my refrain- ing from the debate: تیرا خدا تیرے اس فعل سے راضی ہوا اور وہ تجھے بہت برکت دے گا یہاں تک کہ بادشاہ تیرے کپڑوں سے برکت ڈھونڈ ینگے 53 Thereafter, in a vision, I was shown the kings riding upon horses. Since I had adopted humility and dis- grace purely for the sake of God and His Messengersa, the Absolutely Benevolent did not desire to leave this act of mine unrewarded. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 1, pp. 621-622, sub-footnote 3] Once Khalifa Sayyed Muhammad Hasan, minister of the State of Patiāla, wrote to me in a state of great anxi- ety and requested me to pray for him. Since he had rendered services to our Jama'at on several occasions, I prayed for him and received this revelation from God: چل رہی ہے نسیم رحمت کی جو دُعا کیجیئے قبول ہے آج 54 53 Your God is well pleased with what you have done. He shall bless you greatly, so much so that kings shall seek blessings from your garments. [Publisher] 54 Blowing is the breeze of Divine grace, All that you pray for shall be granted this day. [Publisher]