Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 154
154 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 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] Ghulam Qadir (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 Ghulām Qādir who indeed proves himself to be a ghulam [servant] of Qadir [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-Qadir Jilānīta has also written that a time comes upon man that he is given the title 'Abdul-Qādir [Servant of the Omnipotent], just as God Almighty has given me the title 'Abdul-Qādir through revelation. Smoking Hookah The Promised Messiahas 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