The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 186
186. Essence of Islam-V. The Divine revelation, "The sick shall be blessed through you," covers both the spiritually sick and the physically sick. Spiritually, because I see that there are thousands of people whose conduct was unbecoming prior to their Bai‘at to me, but after pledging. Bai at their conduct improved, and they repented of all kinds of sins and became regular in their prayers. I find hundreds of people in my Jama'at whose hearts are burning with the desire to be cleansed of carnal passions. As for physical illnesses, I have observed on numerous occasions that most of those who suffered from serious diseases were cured as a result of my prayer and attention. My son Mubārak Aḥmad became so seriously ill at the age of about two that his condition appeared hopeless. While I was still praying, someone called out, 'The boy is dead!', which implied that I should stop praying as prayer was of no use now. But I did not cease to pray. I placed my hand on my son's body while still praying to God, and, suddenly, I found him breathing. Before I moved my hand away I felt definite signs of life in him. . Within a few minutes he had regained consciousness and was sitting up. . Again, at a time when Qadian was afflicted with the plague, my son Sharif Aḥmad was suffering from high fever which seemed to be typhoid. He had lost consciousness and was beating about his arms in that condition. I thought to myself that no one was immortal, but if this boy died while the plague was raging in Qadian, all my enemies would say that this