Fazl-e-Umar — Page 235
Fazle Umar 235 “There is great weakness in the air, if this could be remedied there is a good prospect of Britain pulling through. ” On this, as if by way of reassurance, he saw a piece of paper which contained a news item that two thousand three hundred military aircraft were being dispatched from America to Britain. A few days later the news came through that on the fall of France the orders that had been placed in the United States, by the French Military Purchasing Mission, had been switched over to the British Military Purchasing Mission and that it was expected that two thousand five hundred military aircraft would be dispatched to Britain. This was followed within two or three days by the definite announcement that two thousand three hundred military aircraft had been dispatched to Britain. During the progress of the war, the Khalifatul Masih saw several dreams which indicated the course that hostilities were likely to take and which were all fulfilled according to their purport. Every one of them constituted a divine sign that he enjoyed continuous communion with God. In the spring of 1943 he stated: “I conceive that the war will not now last much longer. In the first half of 1945 it will either come to an end or will have reached a stage when it will become clear to everyone how it is going to end. The foundation for that end will be laid in this year, 1943. But that will not be the end of all this travail. God Almighty will prolong these tribulations till the people who have to take over the govern- ments of the world have been properly trained. “In the seventeenth chapter of the Holy Qur’an it is stated that Moses, peace be on him, and his companion observed a wall that was about to fall down and they repaired it and put it in good order gratuitously. Their action was prompted by the fact that under the wall there was a treasure belonging to two orphans, and God Almighty desired that the treasure should be safeguarded till they attained