Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 35
35 amazing anecdote, to the author. This incident reveals, not only, the unshakable faith that Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail had in Go d, but also the certainty he had in the truth of his mentor, the Promised Messiah. Once, Ḥaḍrat Dr. Mir Muhammad Ismail ra was travelling in a train, along with another companion of the Promised Messiah. An elder ly cleric , who was not an Ahmadi, also happen ed to board the same compartment. When the cleric discovered that these two passengers were from Qadian and were disciples of Ahmad of Qadian, he sarcastically remarked, "If Mirza Sahib [the Promised Messiah as ] was a prophet, then I suppose, the two of you would, at least, be saints". Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra responded spontaneously with calmness and certainty, "Yes, we are saints", a reply the elder was obviously not expecting. The cleric replied, "If you are saints, show a sign". Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra asked him what sign he required. The train was, at that moment , running at full speed. As a sign, the elder abruptly demanded that the running train come to an immediate halt - an unreasonable demand by any standards of logic. No sooner than he demanded this, all of a sudden, the train came to a s creeching stop. The railway staff could not figure out why and how the train had stopped and they took a few minutes to investigate. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra repeatedly asked the dumbfounded elder if he was satisfied. As soon as the flabbergasted cleric admitted, the train started to move again. Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra says in a poem of his: Tell these Ahl - e - Q ā l to wrap up their affa irs. The age of the Ahl - e - Ḥā l has finally dawned - [ Bukhār - e - Dil ]