Tadhkirah — Page 936
936 present. They realized that our lawyer friend was mistaken and his fears had no substance. Thereafter, I continued to supplicate during three days for Sa‘adull a h’s ruin and begged Allah to cause his death. Thereafter, Allah the Almighty revealed to me:. Meaning that there are some people who, in the eyes of the common people, have tousled hair and are covered with dust, but they have such a status in the eyes of Allah the Almighty that if they were to take an oath in the name of Allah about something, Allah the Almighty would certainly fulfil their oath. From this it was meant that Allah the Almighty will safeguard me against the mischief of that person. I swear by Allah the Almighty, that only a few days had passed that news of his death arrived. So Allah be praised for having made that enemy the target of His whip. 1136 1136 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra :: The lawyer was Khw a jah Kam a l-ud-D i n. In al- H akam , volume 38, number 7, February 28, 1935, pages 3–4, narrating the eye-witness accounts of Maulav i Muhammad Ibr a h i m Baq a puri ra , includes this event. The following is a summary of his statement: When the Promised Messiah as stated in Haqiqatul-Wahi footnote page 364 ( R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 22, page 378) that the son of Sa‘adull a h Ludhi a nav i was impotent, Khw a jah [Kam a l-ud-D i n], being a lawyer was afraid that if Sa‘adull a h brought up a suit, it would be impossible to prove that his son was impotent. He begged the Promised Messiah as to delete that footnote. The Promised Messiah as said: ‘ I have written according to the will of God; I will not delete it. ’ Khw a jah [Kam a l-ud-D i n] said again: ‘I will remain worried about it. ’ The Promised Messiah as said: ‘ If Sa‘adull a h brings up a suit, I affirm that I will not take you as my attorney. ’ He kept quiet and went to Lahore, from where he wrote a letter to Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i that he could not sleep all night. If Sa‘adull a h were to bring up a suit, it would be difficult for us to prove the point. Only