Blessings of Khilafat — Page 54
54 appeared to be standing just a short distance from them. I saw him accompanied by Mian Bashir Ahmad, Nisar Ahmad [late] son of Pir Iftikhar Ahmad of Ludhiana. Mir Muhammad Ishaq appeared to be carrying a packet of matchboxes in his hand and it looked as if he intended to set that straw on fire. I told him not to do that lest the rods should catch fire. I told him that the straw would surely be burnt sometime in the future, but not at this time. Having told him emphatically not to do so and being satisfied at heart that he would follow my advice, I left the place. I had not yet gone too far when I heard some noise from behind. When I turned around, I found Mir Muhammad Ishaq taking out some match sticks from the matchbox and rubbing them against the packet in order to set them alight, but failing to do so. Then he took out a few more sticks out and tried rubbing them against the packet wishing to set fire to the straw as soon as possible. I ran to him to stop him but before I got there, he had already set it ablaze. I jumped into the fire and was able to put it out, but in the meantime the tops of three rods were burnt anyway. I related this dream of mine to Maulav i Sayyed Sarwar Shah the same afternoon. He smiled and said that the dream had already been fulfilled. Therewith, he told me that Mir Muhammad Ishaq had prepared some questions and given them to Hadrat Khal i fatul- Mas ih ra for their answers, and that the questions have caused a great uproar in the Jam a ‘at. I then wrote what I had seen in my vision to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. He read it and said that it had already come true, and wrote down the incident in detail for me on a piece of paper. After I had read it, he took it back from me and tore it up. Maulav i Sayyed Sarwar Shah is the witness to this vision. Anyone can enquire from him whether these incidents had really taken