Tadhkirah — Page 160
160 respected representatives of Brahamos, A ryas, followers of nature, and the Muslim divines…. This plan has not been adopted of my own thinking and initiative. Rather, I have been permitted by the Almighty Master to do so and I have been assured through revelation, as a prophecy, that the addressees of this letter (who do not respond to the truth upon receiving the letter) will be held guilty and will be confounded and rendered helpless. [Letter printed on March 8, 1885, Majm u ‘a Ishtih ara t, vol. 1, p. 20] April 6, 1885 Just now I have seen in a dream that I am confronted with some difficulty and say: [To Allah we belong and to Him shall we return]. I said to the person who was interrogating me on behalf of the government: ‘Will they imprison me or put me to death?’ His reply was somewhat to the effect that arrangements to be humiliated have been made. I said: ‘I am under the control of my God Almighty, the Glorious. I will sit where He will direct me to sit and I will stand where He directs me to stand’ and then the revelation came to me: That is [Arabic] The abd a l [devotees] of Syria and the servants of Allah from among the Arabs are supplicating on your behalf. Allah alone knows what the import is and when or how it might come to pass. 184 [Allah knows best]. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 1, p. 86, Letter dated April 6, 1885] 184 The lands of Syria and Arabia bear testimony to the truth of this revelation. Many Jam a ‘ats have been established there and are supporting the mission of the Promised Messiah as and invoking blessings upon him. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]