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Concluding Thoughts 201 person on my right, both facing me as we were serenely suspended in the beautiful azure ocean. I was unusually calm for a person who can’t swim, and I did not have any breathing apparatus. I was collecting what appeared to be shellfish in the ocean with my hands and tried to feel for coral underneath my feet. I felt I was wearing the coat of the Promised Messiah as and with my hands full, I collected some of the shelled sea creatures by catching them in the sleeve of the coat. That third person gave me a black fishnet bag to hold the collected shellfish. Then I saw myself sitting on the boat, writing on a table, and I had the fishnet bag containing the collected shellfish, thinking they were precious with some concealing valuable pearls within them. Rashid was instructing me who to give each to, and I was writing a list. As I was about to finish, I was saddened that my name was not on the list, but considering it to be selfish, I shied from asking why. Nevertheless, a reply came to me in the form of a question: “What did the Prophet sa give to the An sa r?” And then I woke up. I do not remember if that last comment in the dream was spoken by Rashid or if it was in my mind. Later that day, I heard the MTA televised khutbah [sermon] of our Khalifah aba after which he announced Brother Rashid’s eulogy. Eulogy by Hadrat Khalifat-ul-Masih V: After delivering the Friday khutbah, Hadrat Khal i fat-ul-Mas ih V aba said in Urdu: Of the jan a zah ghaib [funeral prayer in absentia], the first is of Al- Ha j Rashid Ahmad, who passed away in Milwaukee, USA on February 7, 2015. Inna Lill a hi wa inna Ilayhi raji‘ūn. At the time