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454 him to get him arrested and they fell upon him like a fierce storm that comes down from above, but he says: My Beloved is very near to me; He is near but is hidden from the eyes of His opponents. 502 [Haq i qatul-Wah i , pp. 266–271, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 278–283—excluding some explanatory remarks] 502 This prophecy had been published widely several months before the judgment was given in the case and was carried to far countries by the al- H akam *, in which it was printed. Then the time of judgment came…. It so happened that our lawyer Khw a jah Kam a l-ud-D i n thought of looking up the index which gives a summary of the major decisions of the record of the previous cases. When he did so, he discovered something entirely unexpected. The order in the previous case had found that the piece of land on which the wall was now constructed was in the possession not only of Im a m-ud-D i n but also of Mirza Ghulam Murta da , my father. My lawyer realized at once that this was a crucial factor in our support which would win the case for us. The Judge’s attention was drawn to this and he immediately sent for the index and the previous record whereby he was satisfied of the truth of the matter and he decreed the suit against Im a m-ud-D i n with costs. Had that document not been presented, the Judge would have had to dismiss our suit and we would have been subject to every kind of trouble and inconvenience at the hands of our ill-willed enemy. This was God’s doing. He does what He wills. This revelation actually comprised of two prophecies, not one. One was that the case would be decided in our favour and the other was that a matter would come to light which had been hidden from everyone. [ Haqiqatul-Wahi , pp. 271–272, R u h a n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 283–284] * Dated January 24, 1900, page 10 [Publishers] Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : As al- H akam, volume 5, number 30, dated August 17, 1901 shows the judgment in the case was pronounced by the District Judge, Gurdaspur, on August 12, 1901, whereby he directed the pulling down of the wall and issued a permanent injunction against any structure being raised on the open space and awarded one hundred rupees as damages to the plaintiff plus the costs of the case. Mirz a Im a m-ud-D i n later begged the Promised Messiah as to forego the recovery of damages and costs to which the Promised Messiah as most generously agreed.