Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 334
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 334 attestation. ’ I noticed that ‘Abdullah was very pale and looked very worried. I said to him: ‘These people have no regard for anyone nor do they pay any attention to any recommendation or intercession. I shall take your paper. ’ I took the paper and went inside and saw that Mithan L a l, who had, at one time, been an Extra Assistant Commissioner in Batala, was sitting in a chair, busy with his work, and was surrounded by his staff. I put the paper before him and said: ‘This person is my friend, and an old friend. I know him well; so will you put your signature on this document?’ He complied immediately, and returning with the paper I gave it to someone, saying: ‘Take care, the signature is still wet. ’ Then I asked him where ‘Abdullah was and he said that he had gone out some- where. I then woke up. Thereafter, I saw in a light slumber that I was saying: ‘Call Maqbul, his paper has been attested. ’ Angels adopt many forms. As for Mithan L a l who I saw [in my dream], it was the representation of an angel. The interpre- tation of Sannouri is that in Arabic, Sannour means a cat and the interpretation of seeing a cat in a dream is illness. ‘Abdullah Sannouri, therefore, meant ‘Abdullah who was ill. The Promised Messiah as added: ‘Medicine is an external phenomenon and behind it there is another phenomenon without whose attestation nothing can happen. ’ 1 1. Badr , vol. 1, no. 22, p. 2, dated 31 August 1905