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22 you are well acquainted with spiritual matters, verities and points of wisdom, and that is why I have come to see you. ’ I do not recall what answer I gave to him but he then raised his face to sky while his eyes were running and tears were coursing down his cheeks and with [a totally bewildered look making it seem as if] one of his eyes was looking up and the other down, he was repeating in a sad tone: 26 From this I understood that one does not attain to high spiritual status until one submits himself to a kind of slaughter and death. (When the Promised Messiah as mentioned this, [Ab u Sa‘ i d] Arab recited a verse of the Promised Messiah as which includes this phrase: 27 ). [al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 3, February 6, 1903, p. 19, column 3 and al- H akam, vol. 7, no. 3] About 1873 In the time of Mirz a [Ghul a m M u r ta da] (my father) I had appeared in the court of the Commissioner in Amritsar in connection with a case with our tenants. On the day before he delivered judgment he showed great sympathy with the tenants and, overlooking all their mischief, he said during the court proceedings: ‘These are poor people, and you treat them harshly. ’ That night I saw in my dream that the Commissioner was standing near me as a small child and I was patting his head affectionately. 26 [Persian] Those who have discarded all comfort and luxury. [Publishers] 27 [Persian] My Beloved likes those who discard the life of comfort and luxury. [Publishers]