Tadhkirah — Page 274
274 feels that he is someone else and in that way I felt at the time that I was ‘Al i Murta da and the situation was that a group 326 of Khaw a rij was opposing my Khilafat , that is to say, they wished to obstruct my becoming Khalifah and were creating mischief for that purpose. Then I saw the Holy Prophet, on whom be the peace and blessings of Allah, close to me and he said with kindness and affection: That is [Arabic] O ‘Al i! Stay away from them, their helpers, and their harvest. Leave them and turn away from them. I found that the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, advised me to be steadfast in the midst of that trial and to refrain from getting involved with those people. He told me that I was in the right, but that it would be better not to address them. By their harvest is meant the followers of the maulav i s who are influenced by their teachings and whom they have been preparing for a long time. Then my mind moved towards the reception of revelation and God disclosed to me that one of my opponents said: That is [Arabic] Leave me free to kill M u s a [Moses]; that is, my humble self. I saw this dream at about 2:40 a. m. , and it was the morning of Wednesday. [Allah be praised for all this. ] [ A’i na-e-Kam ala t-e-Isl a m , pp. 218–219 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 5, pp. 218–219 footnote] 326 This shows that the Khilafat that would be established after the Promised Messiah as would be opposed by a community which will try to create disorder. [Barak a t-e-Khilafat, p. 29, Anw a rul ‘ul u m, vol. 2, p. 176]