Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 136
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 136 The Promised Messiah as said: Muhammad Husain always used to visit with me. He could not even spend fifteen days in Batala without coming to visit me. Once his father wanted to publish a most unpleasant announcement about him and Muhammad Husain requested me to stop his father from doing so. Hence, I stopped his father from proceeding with it. M i r N as ir Naww a b stated his dream: A few days ago, I saw Muhammad Husain in a dream coming towards me. He extended his hand for a handshake, so I too shook his hand. At that instance I heard a voice, ‘Whoever bows to you, bow to him. ’ (At the time of ‘A s r) Conditions in Afghanistan The Promised Messiah as came to the mosque and asked the latest visit- ing Maulaw i from Afghanistan in Persian how cold the weather was in their country. The Afghan Maulaw i submitted: It is very cold in our country. It is at its extreme especially for three months. Crops get buried under the snow. The Promised Messiah as asked: ‘Which Arabic books do the peo- ple in Afghanistan read?’ The Afghan Maulaw i replied: Fiqh [ Jurisprudence] is in vogue. They read Qud u ri , Kanz , Shar h Wiq a yah and Hid a yah. Most scholars are ignorant of many sciences. It is not the custom to study the Hadith in Afghanistan. During a train journey, an Afghan Maulaw i met me. I