An Admonitory Sign — Page 4
[ 4 ] Moreover the Promised Messiah as has said: I was washing it out and someone was pouring water over it. In Pakistan, it was my usual practice, as was that of the pre- vious Khulaf a ’ , that they would seek help from more than one scholar of the Community to research a topic when needed. Besides, there were libraries and other means avail- able. Therefore a scholar in a particular subject was assigned some task to help find the relevant references. But, here in London, due to the lack of these resources, we had to work with what was available, and with whatever resources God had provided us. All other missionaries etc. , were so busy that they could not be spared for this work. Therefore I selected only one person, Ha d i ‘Al i , for researching the references. Thus, during this time he car- ried out, under my guidance, the search and provided the references wherever I pointed out. Thus to mention in the dream that a man is pouring water and only one person is pouring it, is an extraordinary thing. It is something with special meaning that has been mentioned in this vision. During all this time only one per- son kept pouring the water, meaning that he kept helping me in washing this book. Then, the following words are also quiet significant. It is like a ‘Bull’s eye’ shot. He said that as the book was washed, a white paper emerged. This is amazing. White paper cannot be depicted better than