Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 27
27 A Dream and Its Interpretation A sign that was manifested to revive and strengthen our faith was that in the afternoon, the aforementioned letter arrived unexpectedly, while on that same morning, the Promised Messiah as saw a dream. The Promised Messiah as saw that Her Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, may Allah preserve her, was seated in the home of the Promised Messiah as. In the dream, His Holiness as addressed my humble self (Abdul-Karim), as I was seated next to him, and said: “Her Majesty the Queen has most graciously come to my house and has remained here for two days. Gratitude ought to be offered to her. ” The interpretation of this dream was that the Promised Messiah as would soon receive some form of divine help. For the blessed name of Her Majesty the Queen is ‘Victoria’ which means, ‘one who is triumphant and supported with succour. ’ At this time, since Her Majesty the Queen is the most successful and fortunate of all the sovereigns on the face of the earth, for this reason, her graciously visiting the home of the Promised Messiah as was a sign of immense blessing and success for the Promised Messiah as. Now observe the knowledge and power of God. In the afternoon (when the letter was received) the dream was fulfilled. Goodness gracious! What greater succour can there be than for such means to reveal themselves, which stand as a shining argument of God against all the Christians of the world? The Mission of the Promised Messiah as The Promised Messiah as said: “I am amazed when I think about the tasks that this so-called Messiah of the Muslims will perform. The division of his time, as other Muslims explain, is that one part of his day, he will spend breaking crosses made of wood, iron, brass, gold and silver, and another portion, he will spend killing swine. Is this all or will he do anything else?” The Promised Messiah as said: “These people do not stop to think about the actual thing that will establish an argument in favour of the truth against millions of Christians. For if the sword is all they have, Muslims ought to realise that the sword can never be a tool for establishing the truth. Can the truth ever be instilled into the hearts of people through harsh measures? Can coercion ever move a person to be captivated by an argument of Allah? This is all the more objectionable because others will say that such people have no real argument in