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Malfuzat - Volume I 275 consider my own self even slightly. In this context, last night I saw that I drank a large cup of sherbet. Its sweetness was beyond my ability to bear, but despite this, I went on drinking it. The thought also crossed my mind that I suffer from diabetes, so why am I drinking such a sweet sherbet in so large a quantity? But despite these thoughts, I drank the entire cup. Sherbet signifies success and so this is a glad-tiding of success for Islam and our community. In truth, the string of a person's dreams extend in their scope and breadth to the extent of their relations with other people. For example, if someone lives in Kolkata and I do not even know him, I will not see dreams in their connection. As such, many years ago when only a few people knew of me, the dreams that I experienced were limited to those few people alone, but now I see dreams related to thousands of people. The Excellences of the Arabic Language The course of discussions took a turn to medicine on account of the fact that the Promised Messiah (as) had given the honourable Maulvi Abdul-Karim Sahib some medicine the previous night. The Promised Messiah as inquired about whether it had proved effective. In this context, various exchanges continued about eastern syrup and strychnine, and their properties which strengthen the muscles or a 'saab. On this, Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib said to the Promised Messiah as that the word asab is based on a deep philosophy. He went on to say that in Arabic, asab means to tie something. Now the sinews and muscles or a'saab-like ropes-bind the limbs of the body together. In contrast, the English word 'nerve' is simply a word with no deeper wisdom. At this, the Promised Messiah (as) said: This is also a miracle of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that even individual Arabic words are replete with intellectual insights. This is why Arabic is the Pinnacle of Languages. Since the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was granted a magnificent miracle such as the Quran, its greatness in the academic sense is also immensely remarkable. In this context, the publication of Minan-ur-Rahman remained under discus- sion. The Promised Messiah as stated: When certain means and resources, which are necessary, make themselves available, the book shall be printed.