Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 271
The Spiritual Revolution 271 Now observe how Allah the Almighty blessed the devotion of Doctor Sahib. This girl later got married to Hadrat Mu s leh-e- Mau‘ud ra and is known as Hadrat Umm-e- T ahir ra. May Allah the Almighty be pleased with her. The Promised Messiah as has written about Hadrat Sahibz a dah ‘Abdul-La ti f Shah i d ra in the following words: In those days I was receiving Divine revelations persistently and many strong signs were shown for me and my claim of being the Promised Messiah, along with the supporting argu- ments, had been published in the world. In the region of Khost, adjoining Kabul (Afghanistan), there was a saintly person named Akhund Z a dah Maulav i ‘Abdul-La ti f. By chance my books reached him and he read all the argu- ments—the traditional and the intellectual—and the incidents of Divine Support, which I had written in my books with the help of Allah the Almighty. That saintly person was extremely pious, a man of knowledge, discernment and intuition, God fearing and righteous. His heart was greatly affected and he had no difficulty in recognising the truth of my claim. His pure conscience accepted without any hesitation that I was sent by Allah the Almighty and my claim was true. He began to regard my books with great love, and his soul being pure and ready was attracted to me, so much so that it became diffi- cult for him to remain away from me and anted to meet me. As a consequence of this great attraction, love and devotion, he made a firm determination to perform H ajj. To seek permission of the State of Kabul, he requested the Am i r of Afghanistan to allow him to go on this journey. As the Am i r of Kabul regarded him a saintly scholar and chief of all the