Tadhkirah — Page 927
1906 927 went to sleep. In the morning, I received the revelation after Prayers: 1124 [Badr, vol. 2, no. 45, November 8, 1906, p. 3 and al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 38, November 10, 1906, p. 1] November 1906 Dream: I saw that I was riding a horse and was proceeding in one direction and being confronted with complete darkness, I turned back. There were some women in my company. On the way back, the dust again caused darkness, and feeling the rein of the horse, I held on to it. After a few paces it became light and, seeing a large terrace, I dismounted. There were some boys who cried out that Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m had arrived. Then I saw Maulav i ‘Abdul-Kar i m (deceased) coming and I shook hands with him and said: assal a mo ‘alaikum [may peace be upon you]. Maulav i Sahib took out something and presented it to me and said: The Bishop, who is the chief of the Christian priests, also works with this. This article was like a brown rabbit from which a tube was protruding and at the end of the tube was a pen. The tube gets filled with air which makes the manipulation of the pen easy. I said: ‘I had not sent for this pen’. Maulav i [‘Abdul-Kar i m] answered: Perhaps Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i did; on which I said: ‘Very good, I shall give it to Maulav i [Muhammad ‘Al i ]’. Then I woke up. Interpretation: Women can mean weak persons. And in the Holy Qur’an righteous Muslims of this Ummah have 1124 [Arabic] Do you despair of the mercy of Allah, Who nurtures you in the wombs? [Publishers]