Tadhkirah — Page 722
722 paid any heed to what I had said. I saw someone who was preparing a statement of accounts and I recognised him as Lachh mi D a s, who was at one time Accounts Clerk in the Treasury at Sialkot. I tried to call him but he too did not come and ignored me. I felt that there was a large shortfall and there seems to be no way to make it up. In the meanwhile, I saw a righteous person of simple mien, simply clad who poured a handful of money into my lap and left so quickly that I could not even ask his name. But there was still a shortfall. Then another righteous person came whose face was lit up and who was also of simple appearance and who resembled a sufi of Kotla, who is probably named Karam Il a h i or Fa d l Il a h i. He gave us some money by selling his shirt. He had the appearance of a human being but he seemed to belong to a different creation. He filled both his hands with money and poured it into my lap. This made a lot of money. I inquired his name and he said: What is there in a name? I have no name. I urged him to tell me his name and he said: T i ch i 866 I was deeply moved that there are people in our Jam a ‘at who contribute so generously and do not disclose their names. Then I said: He was not a man. He was an angel. When I saw a lot of money in front of me, I said: Out of it, I shall give to Man zu r Mu h ammad’s wife, for she is in need. It was 1:35 a. m. when I saw this dream [Notebook of the Revelations of the Promised Messiah as , p. 39; and al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 10, March 24, 1905, p. 2 and Review of Religions, vol. 4, no. 3, March 1905] 866 In Punjabi, t i ch i means, exact time or, in other words, a person who comes exactly at a time of need. [ Haqiqatul-Wahi p. 232, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 346]