Blessings of Khilafat — Page 65
65 I had related this vision to Ha fiz Roshan Ali ra ahead of time. There were some other friends also whom I had told about it, but I have forgotten their names. Ninth Heavenly Testimony Just as God had informed me before time of the dispute regarding Khilafat , the demise of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , his will and my succession, He also informed me regarding those who were to rebel against me and create turmoil. I was also informed that these people were doomed to fail in their efforts. This happened about seven years ago. It was in the month of October or November of 1902 during the lifetime of the Promised Messiah as. I saw that I was either in a room of the boarding house or in the office of The Review of Religions. There I saw Maulav i Muhammad Ali sitting on a large suit case and found myself standing at some distance from him. Meanwhile, I saw Sheikh Rahmatullah coming through the door. Having found us together he asked if I was taller or Maulav i Muhammad Ali. Maulav i Sahib replied that he was taller than me. Hearing this, I claimed that I was taller. Sheikh Rahmatullah said, ‘Let us measure you both. ’ I saw that Maulav i Sahib wanted to come down from the suite case, but like children who find it hard to get down from an elevated bed, Maulav i Sahib descended with some difficulty. When Sheikh Rahmatullah lined us both together, he amazedly said, ‘I thought Maulav i Sahib was taller, but I have found you to be taller than him. ’ I reiterated that I was certainly taller than him. Later, he said that he wanted to lift Maulav i Sahib and take him up to my shoulders to see how far his feet reached. So he