My Mother — Page 59
Last Years of My Father 59 had very high fever the previous day and became unconscious. In that condition she saw Mian Jumman, our family steward, who said to her, ‘Come, let me take you to Qadian. ’ They set out and presently Mian Jumman pointed ahead and said, ‘Look, there is Qadian. ’ They entered a large garden and saw a mansion in the front room of which they saw my father sitting on a couch reading the Holy Quran, while a young handsome woman waved a fan. There were all kinds of fruits in the room. My father asked them to sit down and said to her, ‘Tell Zafrulla Khan’s mother I am very happy. ’ She came back to consciousness and felt that the fever had left her. Mother was cheered by the woman’s recital, but wondered what was the significance of the handsome young woman whom she had seen in her own dream and who had also appeared in the unconscious state of this woman. The very next day one of her sisters arrived to visit and related almost exactly the same dream to her with this slight variation that my father said to her, ‘Tell your sister I am very happy, and that this young woman is appointed only to serve me. ’