The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 187
Miscellaneous Signs 187 fever had in fact been the plague, and would claim that the Divine revelation vouchsafed to me: إنِّي أُحَافِظُ كُلَّ مَنْ فِي الدَّارِ [I shall safeguard all who dwell in thy house], had been false. This caused me indescribable distress. At about midnight the boy's condition deteriorated and I became apprehensive that it may be something quite serious and not just ordinary fever. I cannot describe my feeling, because if the boy was to die-God for- bid-it would provide the prejudiced people with a convenient excuse to suppress the truth. In that state I performed the ablution and stood up for prayer. Immediately I found myself in the state which is a clear sign of the acceptance of prayer. I call God to witness, in Whose hand is my life, that I had just completed about three rak'as when I saw in a vision that the boy had recovered completely. When I fin- ished my prayer, I saw him sitting fully conscious asking for water. He was immediately given water and when I put my hand on his body I found no trace of temperature whatsoever. His state of delirium, restlessness, and unconsciousness completely disap- peared, and he regained full health. I was thus granted fresh faith in the acceptance of prayer through witnessing this spectacle of Divine Power. Then, a long time afterwards, it so happened that the son of Nawab Sardar Muhammad 'Ali Khan, a noble- man of Malir Kotla, fell seriously ill in Qadian, and his life was almost despaired of. He beseeched me for