Blessings of Khilafat — Page 62
62 avoid the destiny ordained by God, it never fails, and does take place no matter what the circumstances. The fate, fearing which I had adjourned the plan of travelling to Lahore, came to pass anyway while I was still in Qadian. Eighth Heavenly Testimony Three or four years later I had a vision in which I saw that Ha fiz Roshan Ali ra and I were sitting at some place, and it seemed as if the British Government had appointed me the Commander In Chief of the Army. I had been appointed after Sir Omor Kray, the Ex. Commander In Chief of the Indian Army, and the charge was being given to me by Ha fiz Roshan Ali ra on behalf [of the British government]. While taking the charge, I expressed some reservations about taking it pointing towards some flaw in it. I said that in the presence of the flaw how was it possible for me to take the charge? Just as I said these words, the floor beneath me opened (we were standing on the roof), and I saw Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra appearing from the opening. At that moment, I considered him to be Sir Omor Kray, the Ex. Commander In Chief of the Indian Army. Referring to the flaw, he spoke to me saying, ‘It is not my fault. In fact, I have inherited it from Lord Kitchner. ’ I always wondered what the vision meant. I would narrate it to my friends and ask them what it could possibly mean. But such are the ways of the Almighty that I came to know about its meaning only after the actual incidents took place. I found that the incidents served as a great testimony in favour of the choice that was made by the Jam a ‘at after the demise of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra and was in accordance with the divine will. When Hadrat Khalifatul Masih