Tadhkirah — Page 44
44 1881 An eminent personage. . . whose name was Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Ghaznav i. . . I saw this eminent and righteous person in my dream after his death that he was standing fully armed in a military way with great dignity and majesty 52. I mentioned some of my revelations to him and asked him to interpret one of my dreams. I told him that I had seen in a dream that I was holding a sword, 53 the hilt of which was in my hand and its point reached 52 In Nuz u lul-Mas ih , the Promised Messiah as writes: [I saw that] he [Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Ghaznav i ] was standing in the street of a large town and I entered a mosque with him and he had a large number of people with him, who were strong men, all armed and wearing military uniforms. Maulav i ‘Abdull a h seemed to be one of them and appeared as a young man, very strong, in military uniform, and armed with his sword hanging by his side. I felt that all these people were awaiting some grand command and all of them [except Maulav i ‘Abdull a h] were angels equipped and ready for some desperate venture. [Nuz u lul-Mas ih p. 238 , R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 616–617] 53 Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : In describing this sword, the Promised Messiah as writes in A ’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m : That sword that I had in my hand was very bright and sent forth light in the form of dripping drops. [ A ’ i na-e-Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m, vol. 5, p. 576, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 5, p. 576] In Nuz u lul-Mas ih , he writes: That sword sent forth shining rays like the rays of the sun. I wielded it to the right and to the left, each time killing thousands of people. On account of its extraordinary length it reached the ends of the earth and worked like lightning traversing thousands of miles in a second. I perceived that the hand that wielded it was mine but the power came from heaven. Each time I wielded it to the right or the left large numbers of people were cut and fell down. [Nuz u lul-Mas ih , pp. 238–239, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 616–617]