Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 137
137 belonged to a distant place and the people of that part of the country were illiterate and ignorant, it was feared that his death would have a very ill effect on them. The Promised Messiah as was very deeply affected by his condition and prayed to God for his recovery. At last his prayer was heard and Abdul Kar i m, whose life had been absolutely despaired of and whose sufferings were terrible to witness, was restored to health by God in consequence of the Promised Messiah’s as prayers. Those who are conversant with medical science are aware that once a person is attacked by hydrophobia, no remedy can save him and his death is inevitable. There has not been a single case known to medical science in which a person actually attacked by hydro- phobia has been saved, and when the news of Abdul Kar i m’s recovery reached Kasauli, one of the people there wrote saying: 'We were very sorry to learn that Abdul Kar i m, who had been bitten by a mad dog, had been attacked by hydrophobia, but we are very glad to learn that he has been saved as the result of prayers. We have never heard of such a recovery before. ' This is an instance of real healing by prayer which shows that there does exist a God Who has the power to heal. Those through whose prayers such healing is effected, are entitled to say that they affirm the existence and illustrate the attributes of God in a most unmistakable manner. The Promised Messiah as has shown many other similar signs, but they cannot all be detailed here. This paper, however, would not be complete without a brief