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encompass for a man, desiring to do so, that he should be enabled to enabled to meet the. Holy Prophet of Islam in a state of dream or kashf. The Promised Messiah replied: "For this, some basis of affinity is indispensable. " Then he abruptly turned towards me, and said: "Or it would be possible in the case of one whom Allah should Himself wish to bless with His grace. ". Munshi Zafar Ahamd further relates that that very night, in the course of a dream, he saw the Holy Prophet Muhammad. (4. shaabi-Ahmad, Vol. IV, page 92) Munshi Zafar. Ahmad adds that subsequently, too, he had visions of the Holy Prophet, through the blessings of Ahmad's prayer and attention in this behalf. For instance he says that on one such occasion the Promised Messiah took me, in a dream, toMedina, where, at the Holy Sepulchre, I longed to catch a glimpse of the Holy. Prophet, through the lattice work surrounding the tomb. But I found, however, that this lattice-work was higher than my stature. 101