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205 During this time, a respectable man presented himself to the Promised Messiah as and shook his hand with great warmth and joy, and spoke about a few things. The man requested His Holiness as to pray for his son who was ill. The Promised Messiah as promised to pray for him. Then, the man submitted: “Your Holiness, you have actually come here for us; it is people like me for whom God Almighty has given rise to such circumstances that you have come here, so that we who yearn to meet you, may be blessed and be fortunate enough to see you. ” His Holiness as responded: “Indeed, sometimes this is the case, for God Almighty does not wish to deprive those from meeting me who for some reason are unable to visit Qadian, but possess sincerity. ” The Promised Messiah as said: “It is written that two saints, one being Hazrat Abu Sa’eed rh , the spiritual guide of Hazrat Syed Abdul-Qadir Jilani rh , and another saint met with one another somewhere. The discussion which took place between them was as to why God Almighty took His Holiness, our Noble Messenger of God, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, from Mecca to Medina by means of the migration. One from among these two saints stated that divine expediency and wisdom demanded that the stations and lofty ranks which were to be bestowed upon the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were destined to be conferred upon him only after he had experienced the pains of migration and travel, and after he had borne the burden of severe trials and tribulations. The other saint said that in his opinion there were many passionate and sincere souls in Medina who yearned to hasten for God Almighty, but needed a powerful means or transformative cata- lyst to enable them. On account of certain factors or due to their helplessness, they could not travel anywhere, and so it was for their spiritual completion that God, the Lord of Glory, brought the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to Medina. Now, both of these saints have put forth two views in accordance with their own understanding, and both of them are correct. As such, God has brought me to Gurdaspur, and it is He, who has brought me here by His will and insight; I have not come here of my own will or desire. God knows best the wisdom and expediency in all this, and how the truth may be propagated through me or by my presence here, and what arguments in favour of the truth will be established, and what other aspects are in God’s knowledge, of which we are unaware. God Almighty knows best His own wisdoms. ” Then, the Promised Messiah as gave some advice, and spoke in various ways about adopting p. 187