Some Hidden Pearls — Page 124
her: her menses had stopped, she said, and wailed that now there could be no question of her having a child at any time. . I suggested that she get some midwife to examine her, and invite some treatment, hoping that the menses would restart. . But when a widwife had her examined that woman became greatly excited. She was totally amazed, and exclaimad: 'No, my good woman, I dare not touch you. . It seems Allah Himself had made some mistake in regard to you. I perceive there is a child in your womb, even though I have known you for years as a barren woman. ' But soon afterwards the full symptoms of pregnancy became clear; and I happily and confidently began to tell my friends that I was about to be blessed with a handsome male child, who would live to be happy and prosperous. Then the night came when my wife delivered of a male child, beautiful, as I had been given to hope by the Promised. Messiah. That very moment I started running for Qadian; and many other people, too, 124 was