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562 consciousness eight times. The last time it appeared as if his life had come to an end. I began my supplication on his behalf and while I was so occupied I heard everyone say: ‘Mub a rak Ahmad has died’. I placed my hand on him and there was no pulse or breathing and his eyes seemed petrified like those of a corpse. But my supplication brought an extraordinary change and by my putting my hand on him he began to revive and the signs of life returned. Then I announced in a loud voice to those present: If Jesus son of Mary brought any dead person back to life, it would have been nothing more than this. That is, he would have revived someone near to death like this and not one whose soul might have reached the heavens and conveyed by the Angel of Death to its last resting place. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, p. 220, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 598] 1901 On one occasion I received the revelation: [Arabic] Lord show me how do You bring the dead back to life. Lord, forgive and have mercy from heaven. This was an intimation that I would have to supplicate in this manner and my supplication would be heard. Thus, my son Mub a rak Ahmad became so seriously ill that everybody said he had died. I started my supplication and put my hand on him and he began to breathe again. This revelation has also been fulfilled in this wise that through me, God Almighty has bestowed spiritual life on thousands who were spiritually dead, and continues to do so. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, pp. 235–236, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 613–614]