Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 5
Ahmadiyyat: Destiny and Progress 5 again, and again, you must not defy me in anything good. Remember, if you act with loyalty and obedience and make firm your pledge, the blessings of Allah the Exalted will be with us. I have great trust in my Lord and complete certainty He will come to my aid. The day before yesterday (Friday), I narrated a dream in which I was ill and there was a pain in my thigh. It seemed to me as though I had been stricken by plague. I closed the door to my room and feared the consequences. It occurred to me that God had promised His Messiah as He would protect those who dwell within the four walls of his home. 4 And this had been fulfilled in his lifetime. Perhaps, I thought, the promise was valid only for as long as the Messiah as was with us and now that this pure soul had departed, it was no longer binding. My disquiet was suddenly interrupted by the realisation that this was no dream; rather I was awake. My eyes were open and I looked upon the walls and door of my room. Even the objects inside were clear to me. In this state, I saw God in the form of a bright, white light, emerging from underneath and reaching upwards without beginning or end. A hand appeared from this beam clasping a white porcelain pot of milk. I was made to drink from it and 4 Tadhkirah , p. 427 [Publishers]