Life of the Promised Messiah — Page 67
67 Hazrat Maulvi Abdul-Karim Promised Messiah as does not even perceive such things. Some four years ago, the members of his household had gone to Ludhiana. It was the month of June and the house had been newly built. In the afternoon I lay down on a traditional indian-style bedstead (charpoy) that was present there at the time. His Holiness as was pacing back and forth. When I woke up, the Promised Messiah as was lying on the ground below my charpoy. I stood up out of respect. The Promised Messiah as very affectionately asked: “Why have you stood up?” I said: “When you are lying on the ground, how can I sleep on the charpoy. ” The Promised Messiah as smiled and said: “I was standing on guard for you. The boys would make noise and I would stop them so that your sleep would not be disturbed. ” At the Mubarak Mosque, there is no formal seat for the Promised Messiah as. A stranger is unable to recog- nise the Promised Messiah as by any physical means of distinction. The Promised Messiah as always sits in the right-hand corner of the mosque when sitting in the row for Prayer all by himself, as one who swims in the river of contemplation, calm and collected. I often sit in the mehrab of the mosque and for this reason I am usually right in front of the main entrance. Many a time, strangers who are brimming uncontrollably with ardour come straight to me, and then they either realise their mistake by themselves or someone from among