My Mother — Page 27
Spiritual Haven 27 pointed to Qadian as her goal and she should pledge her alle- giance to Mirza Sahib. She replied that if the exalted personage he had mentioned was indeed from Allah, she would surely be favoured with a sight of him and Allah would in His own way manifest his truth to her. Then she saw in her dream that she was busy one evening in her home making preparations to welcome a large number of guests. Suddenly, she perceived a glow of light in a room to the west, which surprised her as she could not recall that a lamp had been placed in that room. She advanced into the room, found it brilliantly lit, and saw a venerable personage with a bright counte- nance sitting on a sofa writing in a notebook. She moved silently towards his back, so as not to disturb him, but he perceiving that someone had come into the room moved on the sofa as if prepar- ing to depart, whereupon she begged him to stay a little longer as his presence had brought her ineffable joy. He stayed awhile and when he was about to depart she ventured to ask him, ‘Sir, should anyone ask me who is the venerable personage you have seen, what shall I say?’ He looked back at her over his right shoulder and, raising his right arm, said, ‘Should anyone enquire from you, say you have met Ahmad. ’ When she related her dream to her husband he observed, ‘Ahmad is also the name of the Holy Prophet. It may be that you have been favoured with a vision of him. ’ ‘I have not that feeling. I feel he is a contemporary personage through whom God is pleased to guide me. ’ Her brother on hearing her account of her dream said, ‘Surely, you have seen Mirza Sahib. ’