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24 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and pain for this world, and who waste away their lives seeking worldly carrion, day and night. ” At night, the Promised Messiah as said with a sense of extreme pain: “Alas! At this time, I have no one but God. Strangers, and even my own, are bent on disgracing me. They lie in wait to see me afflicted by misfortunes and vicissitudes. Now if God Almighty does not help me, then I have nowhere to go. ” 1 25 June 1899 The Aqiqah of Sahibzadah Mirza Mubarak Ahmad The aqiqah of Sahibzadah Mubarak Ahmad Sahib was set to take place on Sunday the 25th of June. His Holiness had entrusted the arrangements for this occasion to Munshi Nabi Bakhsh Sahib. On the day, however, since it was raining, a very cold wind was blowing and there was a dark overcast of clouds, these arrange- ments could not materialise. The Promised Messiah as retired to get some rest and our friend who was responsible for organising everything also went to sleep at home. When the morning had advanced, the Promised Messiah as came out and remarked that he could see no arrangements for the aqiqah. As people from the village had been invited and certain friends had arrived from other places as well, His Holiness felt a sense of worry for the unreasonable inconvenience that the guests were made to suffer. On the other hand, our friend, Nabi Bakhsh Sahib was extremely perturbed and regretful, as he thought to himself: ‘What explanation will I give to the Promised Messiah as ?’ Munshi Sahib presented himself before the Promised Messiah as and begged for pardon. The Promised Messiah as —the gener- ous man and gracious guide that he is—is not harsh or unjustly critical in nature. The Promised Messiah as said: “All right, َ فُعِل َ مَا قُدِّر ( What was destined, has come to pass ). ” However, our sensitive friend, Munshi Sahib, could not sit at ease. He was writhing at heart, felt regretful, and would try and do whatever he could. Upon witnessing his state of emotion, His Holiness was reminded of a dream that he saw fourteen years ago which alluded to the fact that he would be blessed with a fourth son, whose aqiqah would take place on a Monday. The joy that the Promised Messiah as felt due to the fulfilment of this divine in- dication and due to the wondrous power of God Almighty, dispelled all our feel- ings of disappointment and frustration at the lack of preparations. The following 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 3, no. 22, dated 23 June 1899, p. 7