Life of Ahmad — Page 121
121 CHAPTER 10 THE RED DROPS It was in May or June 1884 that Ahmad as , after offering the Fajr prayers one morning, retired into a tiny room on the east (now north-eastern corner) of the Masjid Mub a rak. It was a cool place on account of the fresh plaster on the walls. He lay down on a charpoy (an Indian bedstead) which used to be kept there. There was no mattress or pillow on it. He lay facing the north, with his head to the west. One arm was pillowed underneath and other was resting over his head. M. Abdullah Sanauri began to press his feet—an eastern custom of massaging to show respect and devotion; and he says it was a Friday, the 27th of Ramadan. He was meditating upon the manifold blessings of the moment upon himself when he saw that the whole body of Ahmad as suddenly trembled. Ahmad as looked at M. Abdullah Sanauri, who saw that Ahmad’s as eyes were filled with tears. A little later, he saw a drop of red liquid on one of his feet, just under his ankles, and it appeared to have just dropped there at that moment. 'I touched it with a