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hands, so that, at a jesture from them. or with the mere touch of their fingers, extraordinary results flow. But, as I have explained, powers of this kind are not bestowed on the Apostles and Prophets on a permanent basis. They are bestowed by God under a special set of circumstances, as an exception. Since a fuller discussion on this point has preceded in my. Paper in last year, entitled Durr-i-Maknun, pages 51 to 58, there does not seem to be any need for me here to dwell on the point to any greater length. . Here I would refer to two incidents in the life of the Promised Messiah, when the food ready for the meal in the house was in a small quantity, but a large number of guests arrived, unexpectedly, at the moment, and those responsible for serving the meal were thrown into great anxiety, fearing what they had prepared could not suffice for all and then the Promised Messiah 'breathed'on the food, and it amply sufficed for all. Mian. Abdullah Sanauri, who was an old and devoted disciple of the Promised Messiah, narrated to me that once the Promised messiah invited a few guests to a meal. But at the very last moment a large number of them happened to arrive, and “the Masjid Mubark was full of them. " The Promised Messiah sent word to his spouse inside the house that more 64