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5 we have no friend or helper except for God, the Lord of Glory and Greatness. ” 1 The Outcome of Warring with Saints A certain individual brought a lengthy announcement published by some Sheikh Abdur-Rahman of Kashmiri Bazar to His Holiness as. On this, the Promised Messiah as said: “Now, these people fail to understand my words. In reality, until light descends from heaven and bestows understanding upon their hearts, nei- ther can anyone make them understand, nor can they understand themselves. These are days of trial. ” Then the Promised Messiah as said: “How true it is that to war with the saints of God Almighty results not only in a loss of faith, but also a loss of sense. At present, everyone repeats the same thing, and many letters from various places are being received, stating that since Mehr Shah accepted all of Mirza Sahib’s conditions, why then did I not come forth to contend against him? Goodness gracious! A storm of insolence rages on and no one stops to reflect on the actual fact of the matter. ” 2 15 September 1900 Categories of Divine Converse On 20 Jamadi-yul-Ula 1318 A. H. , after offering the Maghrib Prayer, the Promised Messiah as granted a blessed audience. The Promised Messiah as said: “There are three categories of divine converse: revelation, dreams and visions. Revelation refers to such words which descend directly upon a pure heart without any inter- mediary, and which are clear and lucid. ” His Holiness as gave an example stating: “For example, Hafiz Sahib, who is blind, is sitting near me. He does not make even the slightest mistake in hearing me and he knows for certain that the words which he has heard are mine, even though he cannot see me with his physical eyes. The second form is of dreams. This form of converse is illustrative, subtle and metaphoric, and carries meaning, like when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw (in a dream) bangles around his blessed wrists, or when he saw one of his blessed wives as having the longest hands, or when he saw a cow, etc. Divine converse of this nature requires interpretation. 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 10, no. 35, dated 10 October 1906, p. 10 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 10, no. 35, dated 10 October 1906, p. 10 p. 6