Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 337
7 September 1905 337 Exhortation to Read the Books [of the Promised Messiah] It is essential for all friends to read my books at least once, because knowledge is strength, and from strength comes cour- age. The one without knowledge is left confounded when faced with the opponent’s question. A Dream about Maulaw i Muhammad Husain of Batala [Maulaw i Muhammad Husain] of Batala was mentioned. A friend asked, will he do taubah [repentance] at the time of death? The Promised Messiah as said: Allah the Exalted has power over everything. There was a time when he used to dust off my shoes and place them in front of me. He considered it a great virtue to assist me in the performance of ablution. He wrote the review of Bar a h i n[-e-Ahmadiyya] on his own; it was not at my request. It would be no surprise if he returned to his former state at some point in time, as I had seen in a dream. Some dreams are fulfilled after a long period. This vision has been published in which I had seen that he was a little boy, naked, dark in colour, and ugly looking. I signalled to him to come near, then he came and hugged me and became of full height and he was also wearing clothes, and had fair complex- ion. Then I said, ‘You and I have been arguing so much that it is possible that a harsh word might have emanated from the pen or tongue. Please forgive me. ’ He said, ‘All right, I forgive you. ’ Then I said, ‘I also forgive the torment you caused me. ’