Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 154
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 154 my sons “Khalid”’—meaning, one who lives forever—‘but I buried him the very next day. ’ Hence, to take on a name means nothing. But if man’s naming errs, God’s does not. The name that God gives, is surely befitting. Dream and Interpretation Once my father saw in a dream that a crown had descended from heaven and he said to place that crown on the head of [Mirza] Ghul a m Q a dir (elder brother of the Promised Messiah). However, its interpretation was really about me as it often happens that you see a dream for one relative, but it comes true for another. Take note that he alone is Ghul a m Q a dir who indeed proves himself to be a ghul a m [servant] of Q a dir [the Omnipotent]. In those days I would also be getting those very types of dreams. Hence, I would feel in my heart that he was misinterpreting it. I am actually intended by it. Sayyid ‘Abdul-Q a dir Jil a n i rta has also written that a time comes upon man that he is given the title ‘Abdul-Q a dir [Servant of the Omnipotent], just as God Almighty has given me the title ‘Abdul-Q a dir through revelation. Smoking Hookah The Promised Messiah as said: Man can abandon a habit provided he possesses faith, and there are many people in this world who have given up their old hab- its. It has been observed that some people who have been drink- ing alcohol for a long time, suddenly quit in their old age when