The Martyr - Hazrat Sahibzada Abdul Latif — Page 35
Part II—Introduction 35 he asked the Ameer for permission to perform Hajj. The Ameer happily obliged the request and presented him with a few camels and horses, as well as some money. After returning to Khost, Hazrat Sahibzada ra set off for India via Bannu with the intention of performing Hajj. Beyond Attak, in the town of Lakki, Hazrat Sahibzada ra began a discussion with a man about the Promised Messiah as. It was evident from this man’s face that he had accepted the Promised Messiah as, as he was exuding with delight. Hearing this news and sensing the man’s joy, Hazrat Sahib ra gifted him a horse from his caravan. At another occasion, when Hazrat Sahibzada ra was involved in discussions regarding land divisions with the British, a man presented him with a book of the Promised Messiah as. He was very happy upon receiving the book and presented the man with a small reward from his pocket. When he read the book, he very much enjoyed it and, in his guest house, he announced to his close friends: This is the man for whom the world was waiting, and now he has arrived. He continued on to say: Although the time was ripe for the Reformer, there was none in sight. And so I looked at my own condition. The Holy Quran reveals its truths to me and, sometimes, it even takes on a bodily form and explains its meanings to me. At that time, a thought came to me that perhaps God would raise me as the Reformer. But when I read this book, I