Life of Ahmad — Page 709
as THE WALL 709 because walking is medically beneficial to her. With her there are a few female servants—there are 15 or 16 of them. She takes with her some of her servants who are free at the moment. It is not a general custom; it is only by way of treatment. It happens only three or four times a year. Sometimes other weak ladies accompany her and we do not object to it. We do not take women to the gardens where we order the sweetmeat boys to bring sweets. We just go to our garden and come back. My prophecy about Ahmad Baig’s daugther is published in a leaflet and is well known. She is the daughter of Imam D i n’s sister. The letter published in Kalima Fa d l-e-Ra h m a n i is mine and is true. That lady has not been married to me, but she will be—as the prophecy says. She is married to Sultan Muhammad in accordance with the prophecy. It is clear from the words of the prophecy that she was to be married to someone else and that when he dies, she will be married to me. The prophecy about the death of that girl’s father and husband was conditional— the condition being repentance and turning towards God. The father of the girl did not repent, therefore, he died within a few months of the marriage and thus was fulfilled the second part of the prophecy. This terrified the family; her husband, to whom pertained a part of the prophecy, was particularly affected. He