Tadhkirah — Page 148
148 January 1884 A few days ago my humble self saw a strange dream. [It is that] there is a company of ascetics and worshippers and each one of them stands up to describe his way of life and while doing so recites an appropriate verse the last word of which is like qu‘ u d or suj u d or shuh u d as in this verse. 169 Some of them recite such couplets describing their experiences. At the end, I was about to recite a verse when my dream ended and the verse that I had intended to recite found utterance in a revelation as following: 170 [Makt uba t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 1, p. 71, Letter dated January 7, 1884, addressed to M i r ‘Abb a s ‘Al i ] January 3, 1884 (A) The fifty rupees sent by you arrived exactly at a time of need. Some people had made an untimely demand and I was in great need of fifty rupees. I supplicated and received the revelation: 171 169 I spend the whole night in standing and prostrating [in worship]. [Publishers] 170 [Persian] O ascetic, I know not the formalities of asceticism and devotional ceremonies. My Lord has Himself led my steps to the way of D a w u d [David]. [Publishers] 171 [Persian] Observe My good acceptance of thy supplication and see how quickly I respond to it. [Publishers]