Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 85
67 Alahaj Ibrahim Jikini (a well-known Ahmadi muballigh) in it beckoning to him and saying loudly, ‘come to this boat, it is safe’. Then he extended his hand towards me and helped me on to his boat. Then I woke up. The whole dream scenario continued to play on my mind. I thought the dream was the result of my prayers and istikhara , and the safe boat boarded by the Alhaji was Ahmadiyyat that being the Ark of Noah of this age. Next day early in the morning he came to the mission house in Farafenni, filled the bai’at form and entered the fold of Ahmadiyyat. Fire is our Slave Everything was consumed by fire except the Photograph of the Promised Messiah as In the Casamance region of Senegal, we have a very sincere jama’at in Jabang near Binjona Bagnona Oustaz Dauda Tamba was working there as a muallim , engaged in teaching. He was housed by the jama’at in two small rooms close to the mosque. One night the muallim went out leaving a burning candle in his room. Somehow the candle fell down on the floor and the papers there caught fire. (In most African countries, many people use candlelight at night). The fire spread all around and everything was burnt to ashes in no time. When the muallim and the other jama’at members saw the fire, they rushed to the room. The muallim was accompanied by a non-Ahmadi, Senegalese Arabic teacher. When they entered the room, they were surprised to note that everything in the room had been reduced to ashes except the wall-mounted picture of the Promised Messiah as which remained untouched. The fire extinguished as it approached the picture.