Tadhkirah — Page 248
248 279 then within one year you will be so afflicted on account of this daring that it will become a Sign for others. [The Announcement of October 17, 1891, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, p. 249] November 1891 [Publishers’ Note: Following is the explanatory translation given in Urdu in Kit a bul-Bariyyah by the Promised Messiah as , of Arabic text from A’i na-e-Kam ala t-e-Isl a m. We have translated it accordingly into English as he is the one who really knows the exact meaning of the revelations vouchsafed to him by Allah the Almighty. English translation of the remaining four lines 280 of Arabic is given in the footnote by the publishers. ] In a vision I saw that I myself was God 281 and believed myself to be such. I felt that I had no will or thought or action of my own left, and that I had become like a vessel with holes, or something which was being completely 279 Follow not that of which you have no knowledge ( s u rah Ban i Isr a’i l , 17:37) [Publishers] 280 English translation of the remaining four lines of Arabic text from A’i na-e-Kam ala t-e-Isl a m : By “Allah Himself” I mean receding of the shadow in its origin and its complete absorption. As at times similar conditions take place among the lovers [of God Almighty]. The detail of it is that, when Allah decided something of the system of goodness, He made me, by His personal manifestations, in the position of His will, His knowledge, His nearness, His Unity and His Uniqueness, in order to complete His purpose and fulfil His promise. Such, indeed, has been Sunnah with the Abd a l [devotees] Aq ta b [the shining stars of spirituality], and the Truthful ones. 281 If someone sees in a dream that he has become God, the interpretation is that he has been guided to the right path. ( Ta‘ ti rul- An a m f i Ta‘b i ril-Man a m , by Ibn-e-S i r i n of Egypt, page 9) [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]