The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 174
174. Essence of Islam-V. Bishan Dās among them. I informed them that God had revealed to me that some money would come to me today from a man of this name. Bishan Dās at once said, 'I will go to the post office and test your claim. ' Since in those days the mail reached Qadian at about two in the afternoon, he immediately went to the post office and brought back the information that, according to the postal clerk, a man by the name of ‘Abdullah Khan, who was an Extra Assistant, had in fact sent money from Dera Ismā'il Khan. He then asked me in great surprise, 'How on earth did you know?' I replied, ‘God, Whom you people do not recognize, informed me. ' [Nuzul-ul-Masīḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 537-538]. Once I was in need of fifty rupees and, as sometimes happens to mendicants and people who put their trust in God, I had no money at all. When I went out for a walk in the morning I was urged by my need to pray in the jungle. I, therefore, found a solitary place on the bank of the canal which is three miles from Qadian on the way to Batāla, and made my supplication there. As soon as I had finished, I received a revelation which is translated as follows: 'Observe how quickly I accept your prayers. ' I returned joyfully to Qadian and went to bazaar to inquire at the post office whether any money had arrived for me. There I received a letter in which it was mentioned that someone from Ludhiana had sent me fifty rupees, and the amount reached me the same day or the next day. [Nuzul-ul-Masiḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, p. 612]