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− (Ahmad the Guided One, Iain Adamson, pp17-18) ± Hadrat Ahmad led a wholly blameless, pure and beneficent life, ± ± ± which followed in the minutest detail the pattern that had been established by the Holy Prophet. Thus, his life greatly mirrored that of the Holy sa Prophet. He had not received much formal education but had made a deep sa study of the Holy Qur’an and of the scriptures of other faiths and was − richly endowed with knowledge of the profound eternal verities. In 1876 Hadrat Ahmad's father fell ill. After spending a few hours ± ± ± with his father, he retired to his room, and it was revealed to him that his father would die the same day after sunset through the following verse of the Holy Qur’an (3 June, 1876): − ¶iBñ»AË ÕFÀn»AË , ö ê ê ì ä ê ä ì ä wassama’i wattariq − ±± − By the heaven and the Morning Star. (86:2) (Dhikri Habib, p 224, by Hadrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq , December, 1936; ra ± − ± ± − ± ± − Tadhkira, 2nd Edition, p 23) He felt sad and a thought flashed through his mind that with the death of his father, his financial support would also cease and days of poverty may follow. He felt drowsy again and received a revelation ( June 1876): Ê fJ§ ²B¸I ɼ»A oλA ( È ä æ ä î ä ê å Õ ä æ ä ä alaisallahu bikafin ‘abduhu − − − Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? (39:37) − (Kitabul Bariyya, p 162,163) − 226