The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 185
Miscellaneous Signs 185 that the butchers were, in fact, angels who were ready to slaughter the sheep as soon as they received the command from above. I approached them and recited this verse of the Holy Quran: 59 قُلْ مَا يَعْبُوا بِكُمْ رَبِّ لَوْلَا دُعَاؤُكُمْ ). That is: 'Say to them, What does my God care for you, if you do not worship Him and obey His commandments. '. The moment I said this, the angels understood that they had been granted permission, as though the words of my mouth were the Words of God. Thereupon the angels, who looked like butchers, ran their knives through the necks of the sheep, and the sheep began to writhe in agony. The angels severed the necks of the sheep saying: 'Your are no more than rubbish-eating sheep. '. I interpreted this to mean that there would be a severe epidemic and many would die of it on account of their misdeeds. I related this dream to a large number of people; most of whom are still alive and can affirm it on oath. This was followed by a cholera epidemic in the Punjab and other parts of India. In Amritsar and. Lahore hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives and corpses were taken for burial or cremation loaded on carts, and it became difficult for Muslims to arrange funeral prayers. [Tiryāq-ul-Qulub, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 263-264] 59 Al-Furqan, 25:78 [Publisher]