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392 who has been referred to in the article as an eminent personage. Should he, however, come to Qadian and repent in public then do forgive him, for You are Merciful and Gracious. This was the supplication that I made about the personage. I do not know who this eminent personage is— or where he lives nor which religion or people he belongs to—who has proclaimed me as a liar and has prophesied my exposure, nor have I any need to know all this. But his words have hurt me and I have been moved to make this supplication and have begged for a decision from God Almighty between July 1, 1897 and July 1, 1898. [From Announcement of June 25, 1897, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 2, pp. 437–438] July 1897 In July 1897 when my friend Mirz a Ya ‘ q u b Baig appeared in the final examination for surgery and I supplicated on his behalf, I received the revelation: [Urdu] You have passed. This meant that he had passed, for in the case of sincere friends who are so close as to reach the point of unification such phrases are sometimes employed…. The Promised Messiah as wrote in reply: May God Almighty forgive the fault of this eminent personage and be pleased with him. I am pleased with him and forgive him. [From Announcement of November 20, 1897, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 2, p. 482] ** Note by Maul ana Abdul Latif Bahawalpuri: This eminent personage was Khw a jah Jah a ń d a d Chief of Gakhkhar, resident of District Rawalpindi. (See al- H akam, volume 47, number 23–24, dated June 21/28, 1943 page 4)