Tadhkirah — Page 442
442 When I came back to consciousness the pain had disappeared. [Letter written by Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra , al- H akam, vol. 3, no. 24, July 10, 1899 p. 4] July 6, 1899 Maul ana ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra writes in a letter: On the night of July 6, God Almighty showed the Promised Messiah as a view of paradise and hell. First he was shown paradise and every type of its fruits and bounties and he received the revelation: 490 Then he was given a view of hell which was most repulsive and looked like a privy and the following revelation flowed from his lips: 491 492 [Letter written by Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra , al- H akam, vol. 3, no. 24, July 10, 1899, p. 4] 490 [Arabic] These will come to you from every distant track. [Publishers] 491 In the a ha d i th of the Holy Prophet sa the world has been described like a rubbish heap. This revelation supports that simile and purports to say: It is Allah’s grace that He made me oblivious of worldly considerations; otherwise, I would also have been a worm of such a filthy place. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad] 492 Note from a letter of Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m: Meaning [Arabic] ‘Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy on me, my head would have been thrown into this privy. ’ This is a way of expressing Allah’s Grace. That is, Allah the Almighty has not created him for such an abode. Prior to this, he had seen several people in such a dark cave. [Letter of Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m ra , al- H akam, vol. 3, no. 24, July 10, 1899,p. 4]