An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 374
374 Background The Promised Messiah as undertook a journey of Delhi, Ludhiana and Amritser and left Qadian for this journey on October 22, 1905. He arrived in Delhi the next day. Before leaving for Delhi, he had a vision on the night of October 21. In his vision, he saw: “When I went to Delhi, I found all doors locked and then I saw locks on the doors and then somebody was trying to insert some painful thing in my ear, I asked what suffering you cause to me, is nothing compared to those the Holy Prophet sa had undergone. ( Badr , vol. 1, No. 30, October 27, 1905, p. 2) The visit to Delhi was uneventful. All attempts by the followers of the Promised Messiah as to organise a public meeting where he could talk about his mission did not bear fruit. So, a Messiah came to Delhi, and the people of Delhi had not the luck of listening to any of his illuminating lectures. The Promised Messiah as spent some time in Delhi in visiting the mazars (shrines) of Khaw a jah Qu t ubudd i n Baqiull a h, Khaw a jah M i r Dard, Sh a h Wal i ull a h, Khaw a jah Ni za mudd i n, Khaw a ja Qu t ubudd i n Bakhti a r Kak i and Makhdoom N as irudd i n Ma h m u d Chir a gh. On the evening of November 4, he left Delhi for Ludhiana and arrived on November 5, at 11 am. Here, the Promised Messiah as was given a rousing reception, even though the visit was not planned, just in contrast to the reception he got in Delhi. A lecture was arranged for November 6, at 8:30 a. m. in Committee B a gh at Ludhiana. It was the same city, where on March 23, 1889, he accepted the first bai‘at. The Book In the lecture that the Promised Messiah as delivered in Ludhiana, he again enumerated at length, and in greater detail, the qualities of Islam and the reasons why Islam was a living religion, the Promised Messiah as said: