Tadhkirah — Page 563
1902 January 9, 1902 In the beginning of January 1902, an Arab visitor had arrived and people held diverse opinions about him. On the night of January 9, at about 3 a. m. the Promised Messiah [as] received a revelation concerning him: 596 The Promised Messiah [as] says that thereupon he supplicated and received the revelation: 597 And then he received another revelation concerning the same Arab [visitor]: 598 [al- H akam, vol. 7, March 31, 1903, p. 3] 596 [Arabic] It is Allah’s way that the dead can only profit from prayer. [Publishers] 597 [Arabic] You may talk to him in any manner but nothing will benefit him except this remedy (that is prayer). [Publishers] 598 [Arabic] As a consequence, he will follow the Qur’an. The Qur’an is the Book of Allah, the Book of the True One. [Publishers] Note: ‘On January 9, 1902 in the morning, during his walk, the Promised Messiah as delivered a discourse in Arabic. …The Arab visitor, who had until then been very vocal, listened to it in complete silence and in the end he made his heartfelt covenant of bai‘at and also published an announcement and returned to his country full of eagerness to convey the message of the Promised Messiah as to people. ’ [al- H akam, vol. 7, no. 12, March 31, 1903, p. 3]