Some Hidden Pearls — Page 122
effort to rouse an interest in religion on my part. So, to get rid of him, I said to him one day: 'I will write to your. Mirza, soliciting his prayer in regard to a certain matter of importance to me. . Then, if I gain my object, I would take it that he is true in his claim'; So I wrote a letter to Mirza sahib: 'You claim to be the Promised Messiah, and a. Waliullah,' I said in this letter, 'and it is well known that the prayers offered by people of these ranks are usually acceptable with Allah. I have at the moment three wives, and though it is now twelve years since I married, I have no child from any of these. I have a desire that a handsome and lucky boy should be born to my first wife. Kindly pray in this behalf. " 122 "After some days I received a reply from Maulvi Abdul Karim, which said prayer has been offered by the Promised Messiah in your behalf. Allah will bless you with a handsome and lucky boy, from