My Mother — Page 115
Devotion and Sympathy 115 Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General. At the same time Syed Inamullah, a very dear friend of twenty-five years standing to whom was also deeply attached, left for Hyderabad (South India) on some business errand of his. A fortnight later we received a telegram that he was seriously ill. We despatched a servant immediately to Hyderabad to help in look- ing after him, and occupied ourselves with prayers for his recovery. told me that a few days earlier she had seen in a dream that she was sitting on a sofa with Syed Inamullah and Chaudhri Bashir Ahmad in an open courtyard when our cousin, Chaudhri Jalaluddin, suddenly emerged through a window. She recalled that he had died and became apprehensive at his sudden appearance. She signalled to Chaudhri Bashir Ahmad that they should withdraw and the two of them moved from the courtyard and went into a room through the window of which she could watch the courtyard. She saw that Chaudhri Jalaluddin sat down on the sofa next to Syed Inamullah and the two of them, having covered themselves with the same coverlet, stretched themselves on the sofa. When I heard her account of the dream, I said, ‘The interpretation of your dream is clear. Had you mentioned the dream to me when you had seen it I would have sent a telegram to Syed Inamullah to come away from Hyderabad immediately. As it is, the only course open to us is to continue our supplications on his behalf. ’ The following day I went down to Delhi for a day. While I was in Delhi I received a redirected telegram that Inamullah had died. When I arrived back in Simla, Mother enquired, ‘Have you had any news of Inamullah?’ I said, ‘The last news has arrived. ’