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1894 335 378 I realised that this is the reply of God Almighty to that enemy of the faith [Sa‘dull a h of Ludhiana] for he has attacked Islam by making himself a supporter of the Christians and that attack is unwarranted and full of bad faith. . . . I also noticed that the child I saw in my dream had pustules on his body and someone said: Its remedy is turmeric and one other thing. [Allah knows best]. [Anw a rul-Isl am , p. 26 sub footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 9, pp. 27–28 sub footnote] 1894 Miy a ń ‘Abdul- H aqq 379 has not presented any revelation, but only wishful thinking concerning children. However, I have received a revelation whereby Allah the Glorious, has given me good tidings in the words: That is [Arabic] We give you glad tidings of a son. 380 [Anw a rul-Isl am , p. 39 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 9, p. 40 footnote] 378 [Arabic] Whatever Sign We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, We bring one better than that or one like thereof. Know you not that Allah has the power to do all that He wills? [Publishers] 379 Miy a ń ‘Abdul- H aqq of Ghazn i , then of Amritsar, who had entered into a prayer duel with the Promised Messiah as. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams] 380 As an answer to the nonsense of ‘Abdul- H aqq, God Almighty had vouchsafed to me a revelation, which was published in Anw a rul-Isl am , that He would bless me with a son. So all praise and gratitude be to Allah, that according to the prophecy a son was born to me on Dh i Qa‘adah 27, 1312 AH, May 24, 1895 CE who was named Sharif Ahmad. [Last Title Page of D iy a ’ul- H aqq, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 9, p. 323]