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170 Essence of Islam-V ing me to pray for his ailing son, the late Mirzā Ibrā- hīm Baig. I supplicated for him and saw in a vision that Ibrāhīm was sitting close to me and saying, 'Convey to me greetings from Paradise. ' From this I understood that his life was about to end. I was reluc- tant to let his father know, but after much thought I informed Mirzā Muhammad Yūsuf Baig of the im- pending tragedy. A few days later his grown-up, gentle, and obedient son departed from this transitory world before his eyes. [Nuzül-ul-Masīḥ, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, p. 601] 55 I had a daughter by the name of 'Ismat Bībī. Once I received a revelation concerning her كَرُمُ الْجَنَّةِ دَوْحَةُ الْجَنَّةِ from which I understood that she would not live, and so it came to be. Lest some presumptuous person should harbour any objections with regard to such signs, and ask why I did not pray for her to have long life, and, if I did, why was it not accepted, let me make it clear that whenever one receives such revela- tions, the recipients naturally experience two kinds of feelings. Sometimes, inspired by the unseen, they feel great concentration and urge to pray, which indicates that God has willed to accept the prayer. And some- times God does not want to accept the prayer and desires instead to show His will. He, therefore, cools down the supplicant's urge to pray, and does not al- low the necessary conditions of concentration and enthusiasm for prayer to come into play. [Nuzül-ul-Masīḥ, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, p. 593] 55 A vine of paradise, a big tree of paradise. [Publisher]