Tadhkirah — Page 98
98 other by the inner entrance carrying suspended from their shoulders water-skins full of divine light and they said: 123 [ Haqiqatul-Wahi , p. 128 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 131 footnote] 1883 Thereafter, 124 I received the revelation: [Arabic] You are on the right path. Proclaim widely that which you are commanded and turn away from the ignorant ones. [Arabic] They will say: ‘why has it not descended upon a great scholar from the other 125 cities. ’ They will also ask: ‘whence have you obtained this status; this is a stratagem that you have devised together in the town. ’ They look towards you but do not see you, that is, they are unable to see you. [Arabic] We [Allah] call Ourself to witness that We have raised many auliy a’ [perfect friends of Allah] among the followers of the Holy Prophet Mu h ammad, may peace and blessings of Allah 123 [Arabic] This is because of what you called down upon Muhammad sa. [Publishers] 124 After the revelation. . . [Mirza Bashir Ahmad] 125 The translation here follows the exact wording used in the Urdu translation by the Promised Messiah as. The literal translation is ‘two’ instead of ‘other’. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]