Perseverance — Page 128
128 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american MY DREAM OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH A S Once I told Khal ī fat-ul-Mas īh ra that I had a dream in which the Promised Messiah as said As-Sal a mu ‘Alaykum to me. I asked Huzoor ra , “Does that mean anything?” Huzoor ra looked at me and said, “The man says to me, ‘He saw Huzoor as in a dream. Huzoor as says to him As-Sal a mu ‘Alaykum ’ and he asks me does that mean anything!?” Huzoor ra just smiled and walked away as if to say, “What do you think!?!” HUZOOR’S RETURN FROM A TRIP TO RABWAH On one occasion, Huzoor ra was returning from a journey, back to Rabwah. It was customary that when he returned from trips, the whole population of Rabwah would go out to meet him upon his arrival. The same held true on this occasion. There was a line of people waiting to meet him, consisting of what appeared to be hundreds of people. I was standing by Huzoor’s Private Secretary, Zahur Bajwa, and I asked him, “Where do you think Huzoor’s car will stop?” He replied, “His car will stop wherever he sees you at. ” I decided to stand exactly where I was at. Huzoor’s car stopped exactly where I was standing and I was the first out of the hundreds to shake his hand. There was an elderly woman in the line waiting to greet him and she was wearing a long shawl [Urdu: ch a wdar ] around her head and neck. It covered her mouth area as well. She was a bit hunched over. As Huzoor ra passed by, it was a little difficult to see her face, but she