Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 79
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 79 gained greater attention of people, M i r Muhammad Is ha q Sahib ra submitted some questions in writing to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra and requested him to elaborate on them. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra sent those questions to the other chapters of the Jam a ‘at. He fixed a date for the assembly of the representatives of various Jam a ‘ats so that a decision could be made in this respect after consultation. I was unaware of these events until I saw a dream. A Dream I saw that there was a huge house, a part of which was complete, and the other was incomplete. On the side which was incomplete, the rails had been laid, but the bricks had yet to be placed and covered with soil. On that side of the building, four or five of us were standing, and M i r Muhammad Is ha q was among them. Suddenly, we saw some hay on those rails, and M i r Muhammad Is ha q immediately brought out a matchstick from a match box and said, “I wish to burn this hay”. I asked him not to do so, but he did not stop. Then I told him strongly that it would one day be burnt, but the time had not yet come, and then I turned my face away. After a while, I heard some noise and turned back. I saw that M i r Muhammad Is ha q was trying to light matchsticks, one by one, in order to set the pile of hay on fire by striking them against the box, but to no avail. On seeing this, I rushed to him, but before I could reach there, a match had become lit