Tadhkirah — Page 236
236 That is [Arabic] He is a dog and he will die according to the value of the letters in the word kalb [dog], which amounts to fifty-two. This means that his age will not exceed fifty-two years and that he will die within the course of his fifty second year. [Iz a la-e-Auh a m, pp. 186–187 , R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 190] 1891 A few days ago, I saw in a vision a person who was approaching death through tuberculosis. He disclosed to me that his name was D i n Muhammad and it was conveyed to me that this man was a personification of D i n-e- Muhammad i [the faith of Muhammad sa ]. I comforted him that he would be healed through me. [Iz a la-e-Auh a m, p. 214, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 3, p. 206] 1891 I have named mesmerism as ‘Amalut-Tirb 265 which Hadrat Mas ih as [the Messiah] also practised to some degree. This 265 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : According to lexicons tirb means: of the same age or similar, but the word may also be related to turab , meaning ‘clay’. The Promised Messiah as says: The word ‘ tur a b ’ is derived from tirb and tarbush-shai according to Arabs means ‘that thing which is created with it’. Tha‘lab has said: tirb to something is that which resembles it. Therefore, the clay has been called ‘ tur a b ’ because it shares certain qualities of time or characteristics with heavens. In the beginning, the earth was created together with the heavens and both resemble each other as forms of the creation of God. [Anj a m-e- A tham, pp. 262–263, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 11, pp. 262–263] According to this, the revelation indicates that this knowledge is earthly and not heavenly. Only those who have a small share of spirituality employ it. The Promised Messiah as also says: