Tadhkirah — Page 769
1905 769 paper before him and said: ‘This person is my friend, and an old friend. I know him well; so will you put your signature to this document. ’ He complied immediately, and returning with the paper I gave it to someone, saying: ‘Take care the signature is still wet. ’ Then I asked him where ‘Abdull a h was and he said that he had gone out somewhere. I then woke up. Thereafter I saw in a light slumber that I was saying: Call Maqb u l, his paper has been attested. Angels adopt many forms. As for Mithan L a l that I saw [in my dream], it was the representation of an angel. The interpretation of Sannouri is that in Arabic, Sannour means a cat and the interpretation of seeing a cat in a dream is illness. ‘Abdull a h Sannouri therefore meant ‘Abdull a h who was ill. The Promised Messiah [as] added: Medicine is an external phenomenon and behind it there is another phenomenon without whose attestation nothing can happen. [Badr, vol. 1, no. 22, August 31, 1905, p. 2 and al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 31, August 31, 1911, p. 10] (B) The Promised Messiah [as] said: During the height of Maulav i Sahib’s illness, I supplicated earnestly for him and I saw certain things which were discouraging and it seemed that death was near,… till I saw the dream about ‘Abdull a h Sannouri, which afforded great satisfaction to my grieved heart…. In my supplication, I had made an intercession as was indicated by the words I used that that person was my friend. God intended to demonstrate His power and His being the Knower of the Unseen and Maulav i Sahib recovered. The followers of a Prophet are, in Divine Scriptures, described as women, as in the Holy Qur’an the righteous have been described as the wife of Pharaoh and at another place as the wife of Imr a n. In the Gospels also Jesus has