Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 283
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I PERSONAL REMINISCENCES 283 in contact with the Promised Messiah as , under whose influence his faith in Islam was confirmed and he became a devoted Muslim. When the Promised Messiah as was in Lahore for his last visit and was staying in Ahmadiyya Buildings, Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud- D i n saw in a dream that he was arrested by the police along with Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i and three or four other Ahmad i s. They were told that they had been guilty of treason and would be produced before the sovereign. They were led into a large hall at one end of which Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra was seated on a throne placed on a raised platform under a canopy. He addressed them saying: "You have rebelled against me. How shall I deal with you?" Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud- D i n answered: "You are now the sovereign, you can deal with us as you may wish;" whereupon Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra said: "I sentence you to exile. " Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n mentioned his dream to the Promised Messiah as who put him off by observing that the dream did not portend any misfortune for him. He then related his dream to Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n, who fell into a brief reverie, and then cautioned him not to mention his dream to any one. A few days later the Promised Messiah as died and Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n ra went to Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra and submitted: The time of the fulfilment of my dream has arrived. I am ready to swear allegiance to you. He was told to hold his peace till the representatives of the community had had time to assemble at Qadian and could consult together. Sometime after Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra had been proclaimed Khal i fa and had assumed the responsibilities of his exalted office, Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n saw the same dream again, with this variation that this time Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra , as he now was, pronounced sentence in the terms: "You have rebelled a second time. I order that