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173 necessary qualities inherently by nature and then indulge in religious exercises, ultimately turn mad and lose their senses. ” The Nature of the Descent of Revelation In continuing the aforementioned discussion, the Promised Messiah as said: “Phy- sicians associate certain natural factors with sleep. However, I observe that when it is the will of God Almighty to speak with me, at such a time, though I am in a state of complete wakefulness, God suddenly induces in me a state of drowsiness and light slumber, and pulls me out of this physical realm completely, so that I am able to relate to the spiritual realm. Then, after God has finished speaking, He re- turns my physical consciousness and senses so that I, as the recipient of revelation, may preserve it. Then, He casts a state of drowsiness over me again, whereafter He awakens me once again, so that I am able to memorise the revelation. In this man- ner, therefore, on certain occasions, this will happen even fifty times. This is the power of God. He is above and beyond the phenomenon of sleep as we observe in nature, and physicians and doctors cannot understand its deeper essence. ” Restlessness for A Beggar One day, when the Promised Messiah as was entering his home after offering the Prayer, a beggar asked to be given something, but due to the large number of people present at the time, his voice could not be heard clearly. The Promised Messiah as returned after entering his house and ran his servants here and there to call the beggar, but he could not be found. In the evening, the person returned again. When he made his request again, the Promised Messiah as took something out of his pocket and gave it to him. After a few days, on a certain occasion, the Promised Messiah as said: “The other day when that beggar could not be found, there was such a burden on my heart that I felt extreme unease. I was fearful that I had committed a sin by not paying attention to the beggar and by going into my home too soon. I am thankful to Allah the Exalted that he returned in the evening. If not, God knows how perturbed I would have been. I had also prayed to Allah Almighty so that He would bring the person back to me. ” 1 1 From a letter of Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib ra recorded in Al-Hakam , vol. 4, no. 3, dated 24 January 1900, pp. 6-11