Truth About the Split — Page 232
232 reach the place, one of the matches had lit up, and with it Mir Muhammad Ishaq was able to set fire to the straw. I ran up and trampled upon the straw, and managed to extinguish the fire but even so, the ends of some of the rafters were burnt. I mentioned the dream to my esteemed friend, Maulawi Sayyid Sarwar Shah Sahib. He smiled and said "Bless you! the dream has already been fulfilled. " He told me certain things, but either he did not know them well or he could not at that time describe them fully to me. I then wrote out the dream and submitted it to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. He read and replied to me in a note that the dream had already been fulfilled. Mir Muhammad Ishaq had submitted certain questions in writing, which, it was feared, might create trouble and prove a trial for some. This was the first time that I came to know of the trouble that was afoot, and I came to know of it through a dream. After this, I received my copy of the questions which Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra had ordered to be circulated for reply, and I began to offer special prayers to God to solicit His guidance for a correct answer to those questions. It was true that I had already entered into Bai‘at with Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra and there was no doubt that my reason had convinced me of the need of Khilafat. Nevertheless, I began to think about the subject with a perfectly open