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225 Pira answered, “ Maulawi S ahib , I am not educated but I have seen one thing that I can tell you. I often come to Batala to collect the bill of sales and I have seen you come to the station daily to mislead the public. It is possible your shoes have become worn after so much going back and forth , but people still keep going to Qadian and meeting Mirza S ahib. Even though he sits in his room, people are inevitably drawn to him a nd you on the other hand beseech and plead with people, and no one l isten s to you. S till people travel by foot, they are knocked about in carriages, only to go to some inconsequential village nearly twelve or thirteen miles from here , and pledge Ba i ‘ a t to Mirza Sahib. Now you tell me if I should believe in you or Mirza Sahib ?” At that, Maulawi Sahib laughed and said , “ Mirza Sahib has wised up his followers. T hey have answers to everything before it is even asked. ” Now this is a sign that you have witnessed, no matter how people may oppose you , y ou cannot deny this sign. An American and his wife once came to meet the Promised Messiah as. The y were seated in a room underneath the Mubarik Mosque. Professor Ali Ahmad who was the father in - law of my daughter, Amatul Rasheed was also visiting from Behar. At that time , there were not many people who could speak English in Qadian. Coincidently, that da y Maulawi Mohammad Ali was also out of town. Professor Ali Ahmad said , “I k now English and can translate. ” So , the Promised Messiah as sat him next to him and he translated. The American asked, “Have you claimed to be the Messiah?” The Promised Messiah as answered , “ Yes. It is correct that I have claimed to be the Messiah. ” The American said, “The prior Messiah showed miracles. W hat miracles have you shown?” The Promised Messiah as said, “So far , many miracles have been shown by my hand a nd even at this moment , I present the miracle of you and your wife. ” That American said, “How c an we be a miracle? We are Christians , and we are not about to accept Islam. ” The Promised Messiah a s said, “Take that book of mine and have someone read it to you and then see. There is a revelation written in it : َ ﺎ ُﺗ ﻮ َن ِﻣ ﻦ ` a ﻞ ﱢ َﻓ ﺞ ﱟ َﻋ ِﻤ ﻴ ٍﻖ - َ ﺎ ِﺗ ' َﻚ ِﻣ ﻦ ` a ﻞ ﱢ َﻓ ﺞ ﱟ َﻋ ِﻤ ﻴ ٍﻖ [ People will come to you by every distant track. Presents will come to you by every distant track. ] [ Tadhkirah. June 7, 1906, p. 863 ]