The Heavenly Sign — Page 46
46 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i "Did the Holy Prophet sa ever demand sweets from his Companions? Every blessing is attained through love only. " Many a time, in a state of ecstatic rapture, he would say, "Mu‘ i nudd i n Chisht i and Qu t budd i n Bakhtiy a r K aki were mendicants but I am a king. " He had a strong dislike for the rich and loved the poor. He did not build a house for himself. He had a free nature and lived wherever he liked. He treated the sick and never asked anyone for anything. He was filled with the love of God. Of the blessings that were bestowed upon me because of his companionship, the one I consider the greatest is that at this time, when great Ulema have stumbled and gone astray, Allah the Gracious has saved me from stumbling with regard to the claim of Hadrat Mirz a Sahib as. But this steadfastness is not the result of my own spiritual power. It is due to the great influence of the prophecy that I had heard a long time ago. He had told me, 'You will see how the Ulema will behave when ‘ I s a as appears. ' In this statement he was also predicting that I would live a long life. It had meant that I would live for another thirty years and that he would not be alive at that time but I would be. It is not possible for me to relate in detail all the true dreams that I had because of his blessed companionship. I had relations of love, sincerity and sympathy with most Ulema. Once he Gul a b Sh a h said to me, 'Do you really know these Ulema?' After some time I saw some of the