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150 overwhelmed by sleep that it should cause His eyes to doze off. Moreover, He is also not in need of ordinary sleep. 11 God asks man while His Lord is the possessor of all that is in the heavens and the earth, how can man then take someone else as his Lord? There are people who say that they do not worship anyone beside Allah. They add that [by visiting and prostrating at the graves] they only mean to pay their respects and make their offerings, because they, being the beloved of God, would intercede on our behalf leading to the fulfilment of our hearts’ desires. But God says that there is none who can intercede with Him without His permission. In this age, who was more pious than the Promised Messiah as ? But once when he prayed for the recovery of Naww a b Abdur- Rahim ra , the son of Naww a b Muhammad Ali Khan ra , from his illness, he received a revelation to the effect that he was not going to survive. The Promised Messiah as felt deeply concerned by this thought, because Naww a b Muhammad Ali Khan ra was planning to move to Qadian leaving all his assets behind, and should his son depart from the world he might undergo a trial. That is why he supplicated to God, ‘O my Allah! I intercede for the health of this boy’. Thereupon, the Promised Messiah as received the revelation: 11 To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that will intercede with Him except by His permission? Ibid.