A Mighty Sign From God — Page 5
‑ 5 ‑ their homes to accommodate our guests. I remember during the Promised Mes- siah’s as last Jalsa Salana, I did not accompany him on his [regular] walk, but when he re- turned, he told me that due to the amount of guests, it might prove difficult for him to go out again. He had not been able to travel far because the dust [which rose from the feet of the large number of guests who accompanied him] made it impossible for him to continue. According to most estimates, approximately 700 people attended that jalsa, far fewer than the number sitting before me in the mosque today. I do not recall the speeches that were delivered that year, but I remember that at the time, the parapet of the mosque ended just after the grave that is situated in the mosque’s courtyard. The courtyard was much smaller in those days. The participants sat here while the Promised Messiah as delivered his address seated on a chair in front of the middle door