Tadhkirah — Page 13
E ARLY Y EARS – 1881 13 Sa‘ i d Muhammad H usain of Batala, who had at one time been my fellow student, came back to Batala after completing his divinity studies. The people of Batala looked askance at him on account of some of his notions and ideas. One person was very insistent that I should debate a point in dispute with Maulav i Muhammad H usain. Yielding to his insistence, I accompanied this man in the evening to the home of Maulav i Muhammad H usain and found him in the company of his father in the Mosque. To summarise, upon hearing the explanation of Maulav i Muhammad H usain, I concluded that there was nothing objectionable in his statement; and consequently, for the sake and pleasure of Allah, I declined to enter into a debate with him. The same night the revelation came to me from Allah the Noble, with reference to my declining to enter into the debate: [Urdu] Your God is well pleased with what you have done. He will bless you greatly, so much so that Kings will seek blessings from your garments. Thereafter in a vision, I was shown those kings; they were riding upon horses. Since my attitude of humility and lowliness was adopted purely for the sake of God and His Messenger sa , Allah, the Perfect Benevolent, did not desire to leave it unrewarded. [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, pp. 520–521 sub-footnote 3, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, pp. 621–622 sub-footnote 3] (B) Allah, the Lord of Glory, has also given me the glad tidings that some of the nobility and some of the kings will also join our group. He vouchsafed to me the revelation: