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10 the following revelation came to me very forcefully and was entrenched into my heart like an iron nail: [Urdu] The suit has been decreed; are you a Muslim! It meant: ‘Do you not believe and, despite being a Muslim, entertain any doubt. ’ On further investigation it transpired that the suit had in fact been decreed and that the opposite party had misunderstood the verdict when they heard it. 12 [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, first edition, pp. 551–552 sub-footnote 4, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, pp. 658–659 sub-footnote 4] 1868 When he 13 appeared in the law examination from the district [Sialkot], I told him based on a dream that: ‘It has been decreed that all candidates who have appeared in the law or attorneyship examination from that district would fail, but you alone will succeed in the law examination. ’ I also communicated this to about thirty other people. 12 The name of the Revenue Officer who was trying the suit was Ha fi z H id a yat ‘Al i. He dismissed the suit on the statement of the defendant that according to a decision of the Commissioner he was entitled to cut down the tree in dispute. When he announced the dismissal of the suit the defendant and his witnesses went out of the court room. They returned to the village and announced that the suit has been dismissed. Thereafter, the Reader of the Court, who left the court room for a little while, returned and pointed out to the Revenue Officer that the order of the Commissioner which the defendant had relied upon had been set aside by the Financial Commissioner. The Reader put up the file to the Revenue Officer. Thereupon, H id a yat ‘Al i made a complete turnabout, tore up his first order, and decreed the suit. [Nuz u lul-Mas ih , pp. 143–144, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 521–522] 13 L a lah Bh i m Sein, Lawyer, Sialkot [Publishers]