Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 270
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 270 that the personage she had seen in her dreams was a living contemporary through whom she was being guided to truth and righteousness. Some days later her brother came on a visit to her and on hearing of her last dream told her that Ahmad was the name of the Promised Messiah as and that she had seen him in her dreams. She said that she was sure God, who had chosen this method of guiding her, would, in due course, reveal His purpose more definitely to her. It was announced that the Promised Messiah as was on a visit to Lahore and that a lecture of his would be read in Lahore on September 3, 1904, in his presence. My father went to Lahore for the occasion and, very fortunately for me, took me along with him. The moment my eyes fell on the blessed countenance of the holy personage I was entranced, and all through the reading of the lecture by Maulaw i ‘Abdul Kar i m my admiring gaze remained riveted on his illuminated countenance. My mind and soul were penetrated by his truth and I felt I was totally committed to him. I was only a schoolboy, in the twelfth year of my age, but I was convinced that by affording me this opportunity God had richly blessed me with His grace. The Promised Messiah as arrived in Sialkot for a visit on 27th October, 1904, accompanied by the members of his family and some of his disciples, including Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra. Next morning when my father was about to leave for court, my mother asked him whether she might go and call on the august visitor and see whether he was the venerable personage of her dreams. "Go by all means, he said, and find out, but make no final decision. "