Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 216
ILLNESS Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 216 even to be greeted by any of you. All I desire of you is that you obey Allah, and becoming the true followers of Muhammad sa , the Messenger of Allah convey the message: There is no god besides Allah; in peace and friendship to all parts of the world. " 96 After the service he decided to pay a visit to Nawab Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n, who had returned to Qadian from M a l i rkutla the previous day. As the distance was about a mile and a half, he chose to ride over on a mare, a somewhat aspirited animal that someone had presented to his eldest son, ‘Abdul Ha’yy i , a lad eleven years of age. At the end of his visit when he was about to mount the mare, a person who was standing by, noticing that the stirrups were short, offered to let them down to suit his legs, but he declined the offer remarking that they were adjusted to suit the children and should not be interfered with. He mounted and rode away. Those who saw him ride past noticed that though the mare was going fast he held to his seat firmly and seemed to be enjoying his ride. On entering the town he had to ride through a narrow lane. At one point in the lane the mare shied suddenly, he was jerked to the right, his left foot caught in the stirrup, he was carried along in that position for a few feet and was then thrown on his right side onto a protruding piece of rock. He received several minor injuries and one serious gash on his right temple which bled profusely. When he realised what had happened he exclaimed: "The commissioned one of God has been justified!" This had reference to a dream of the Promised Messiah as , in which he had seen that Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra had fallen from a horse. When he had seen this dream no Ahmad i in Qadian had owned a riding horse. Two of the revelations vouchsafed to him might also have had