Tadhkirah — Page 79
1883 79 1883 or earlier I recall that on one occasion I first received the revelation in English: I love you. Then came the revelation: [English] I am with you. Then came the revelation: [English] I shall help you. Then came the revelation: [English] I can what I will do. Then, with such emphasis that my body trembled at it, came the revelation: [English] We can what We will do. I felt at the time from the tone and pronunciation that an Englishman was standing over me and was uttering these phrases. Despite the awe-striking tone, my soul derived a pleasure from these revelations, which was comforting and satisfying even before the meanings had been ascertained. Such revelations in English have often been repeated. [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, pp. 480–481 sub-footnote 3, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, pp. 571–572 sub-footnote 3] 1883 or earlier On one occasion in the morning, I saw in my vision a few printed pages, which had come through the post office, at the end of which were the words: [English] I am by ‘ I s a. After ascertaining the meaning of the phrase from someone who knew English, I informed two Hindu A ryas of it and told them that my understanding was that some Christian, or someone who thought like a Christian, would send me