Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 266
FINAL ADMONITIONS Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 266 which, in view of the small number of the community, appears to be special divine grace. The Conference also constituted effective refutation of the misrepresentations of those who sought to construe my falling off from the mare as an indication of my removal from the office and dignity of Khal i fa. When the agitation against the Khilafat had started, God had shown me in a dream that I was riding a horse through country that was dry and barren. I urged the horse forward and it began to run so fast that it became difficult for me to control it, but by Allah’s grace I remained firmly seated on its back. After traversing a long distance the horse entered a green valley in which all round there appeared thick plantations two feet high. The horse continued to run fast and when it reached the middle of the valley I woke up. From this dream I understood that those who asserted that I would be unhorsed from the Khilafat would be proved false, and that God would not only uphold me, but would bestow success upon me. It is a bounty of God that He has fulfilled this dream of mine also. The Annual Conference of this year has proved that it was a true dream. Despite opposition and the publication of anonymous tracts He has manifested support after support, He has daily fostered love and devotion in the hearts of the members of the community, has drawn their hearts towards me, has inspired them with the spirit of obedience and has shielded them against the wiles of the mischievous. " 126 On February 2, 1914, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra issued the direction: