Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 241
241 not listen to him and went back to sleep saying that there was no danger. After a while, the Promised Messiah as again had the same feeling and this time he insisted that everyone vacate the house. They got up reluctantly and grumbled that he was troubling them for nothing. The Promised Messiah as felt that the house was only waiting for him to vacate it before it collapsed. Therefore, he did not come out of the house until all the others had vacated it. No sooner had he stepped out than the roof came crashing down. All those present were filled with amazement and were deeply grate - ful to the Promised Messiah as for having saved their lives. It also happened sometimes that, when faced with an illness, certain drugs would appear before him in a kind of vision and make their effect known. Drugs are lifeless substances that cannot act on their own and it is the angels who, being the first cause, give medicines their efficacy. One day, when the Promised Messiah as was severely ill and no medicine seemed to be working, a sub - stance appeared before him in a vision and said, ‘Your servant, peppermint’ 2 As soon as peppermint was administered, it resulted in an immediate cure. Sometimes the enemies of the Promised Messiah as plot - ted to assassinate him and sent men for that purpose. Often the Promised Messiah as would be informed of their coming before - hand. At other times angels would strike the hearts of such men with fear—as happened with the infidels in the Battle of Badr— and they would end up pledging allegiance to the Promised Messiah as. Like Hadrat ‘Umar ra , those who had been enemies became devoted followers. The greatest sign of help by angels appeared at the time of the plague. Later on, I will elaborate on how the plague came about