The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 90
The Martyr—Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif Shaheed ra 90 Hazrat Sahibzada ra also mentioned, “I have gone to heaven many times. My heart desires that I bring back fruits for you, but since I have not yet reached there, I am not allowed to bring them to you. I have gone to the sky thousands of times. However, this sky is not how people imagine it to be. This sky is another sky. ” At another instance, he said, “I have seen the Promised Messiah as in such a beautiful nur [light] that no one else has seen him in this way before. ” Hazrat Sahibzada as relates: The second time I came to India, [before meeting the Promised Messiah as], I stopped at a mosque in Lucknow. At this place, people used to make religious offerings but I had no interest in such offerings, nor would I touch any of these things. I started to develop a love for the caretaker of the mosque and he, with great insistence, invited me into the mosque. After Juma’ah prayers, when I sat down to give a few teachings, many secrets of the Holy Quran became apparent to me and so I presented them to the audience. The effect of my lessons was such that many people cried except for one beggar. He did not care one bit nor did his face show any effects. I conversed with the beggar for a short while and told him what I had observed. The beg- gar responded, “Yes, some beggar must have mesmerized the audience. ” Then I thought to myself that he himself must be that beggar who mesmerized the audience and so I expressed my desire to take his bai’at. He, however, responded, “Not now. I promise I will come back here again. ” When the beggar went outside, I followed him but