Life of Ahmad — Page 64
EARLY LIFE as 64 which was his mother tongue, that he had received a revelation and interpreted it to mean that God would help Ahmad as as He helped the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa. When Ahmad as reached Qadian he confirmed the same thing in a letter. Similarly, there was another holy man named Sharaf D i n. He lived at Sam, near Talabpur, in the Gurdaspur district, and Ahmad as visited him also for the same purpose. In 1874 Ahmad as saw in a dream a most beautiful young boy, about seven years of age. In his dream Ahmad as looked upon him as an angel. He was sitting on a raised platform, which was perhaps covered also. The boy gave Ahmad as a most delicious and luminous nan (a kind of loaf). It was four times the ordinary size. While handing it to Ahmad as , he said, 'Take this; it is for you and for the dervishes who are with you. ' This was a most significant dream; the bread being a symbol of the bread of life. As before, Ahmad as shared his food with others. He continued to do so ever afterwards and soon this idea developed into an ever expanding institution, which Ahmad as establised at Qadian for the entertainment of all who came to him. It was indeed the fulfilment of the prayer: 'Give us this day our daily bread. ' It is, in fact, the physical representation of the Kingdom of God on earth, so that His will may be done in earth as it is in heaven. It was to deliver mankind from evil that the Langar Kh a na was later established by Ahmad as under Divine