Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 147
147 should cease praying as the child was dead. He came out to the place where the child was lying and placed his hand on him. Within two or three minutes the boy began to breathe again. Similarly, Miyan Abdur Ra hi m Khan Khalid, son of Khan Muhammad Ali Khan (who is a maternal uncle of his highness the Nawab of Malerkotla and has settled down at Qadian), once fell ill with typhoid fever. Two doctors and the late Hadrat Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n, who subsequently became the first Khalifa of the Promised Messiah as and who was a very eminent physician— having been physician to his highness the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir—attended upon the patient, but he grew steadily worse. At last the physicians declared that it was no use continuing any treatment as the boy had only a few hours to live and could not possibly recover. When the news was carried to the Promised Messiah as , he at once prayed for his recovery, but received a reve- lation to the effect that death was imminent. Then he made supplication that if the stage of prayer had passed he would intercede for the boy’s life to be spared. In answer he was told, Man dhalladh i yashfa‘u ‘indah u ill a bi’idhnih i , i. e. , 'Who dares intercede with Him without His permission?' The Promised Messiah as says that after this he ceased praying, but another revelation followed saying, ' Innaka ant-al-maj a z. ' 66 i. e. , 'We give you leave to intercede. ' On this he interceded for the boy’s life and on coming out of the chamber announced that the boy would live as God had saved him from 66 Tadhkirah , pp. 464-465.