Tadhkirah — Page 596
596 November 18, 1902 The Promised Messiah [as] said: Some twenty to twenty-five minutes before the time of the (Fajr) Prayer, I saw in a dream as if I had purchased a piece of land for the purpose of converting it into a graveyard for our Jam a ‘at. I was told that its name would be Maqbarah Bahisht i , meaning that whoever is buried there would be admitted to Paradise. Then I saw that some old gospels had been discovered in Kashmir which would break the cross. I proposed that some persons should go there and bring those gospels so that a book could be written about them. Hearing this Maulav i Mub a rak ‘Al i declared his readiness to go but requested that a place should be kept for him in the Maqbarah Bahisht i. I said: Khalifah N u r-ud-D i n should also be sent with him…. The Promised Messiah [as] continued: Sometime back I had planned that there should be a separate graveyard for our Jam a ‘at. God has now approved of my plan. In ji l [Gospel] means good news. It would seem that God intends to manifest some great news from Kashmir and that the person who would carry through this task would certainly enter Paradise. [al-Badr, vol. 1, no. 5 and 6, November28 and December 5, 1902, p. 35 and al- H akam, vol. 6, no. 42, November 24, 1902, p. 4] November 20, 1902 (Thursday) Upon prayer with concentration concerning Piggott, 643 the Promised Messiah [as] saw in a dream some books on which 643 Piggott was a Christian priest of London who had claimed to be the Promised Messiah. A few people joined him. A typed announcement from him was received by Muft i Muhammad Sa diq, which he presented before the Promised Messiah as. Thereupon the Promised Messiah as gave a very short announcement of one page to Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i to