Some Hidden Pearls — Page 89
detailed accounts, in some measure, have appeared in various places in the literature of the Ahmadiyya Movement; but here I would give only an only an extract from the narrative in this connection of an old disciple of the Promised Messiah Hazrat Bhai Abdul. Rahman Qadiani, a convert in early life from Hinduism, who was present on this memorable occasion. He witnessed the event, and heard the Address with his own ears, as it came unexpectedly to be delivered, straight from the lips of Hazrat. Ahmad. Says Bhai Abdul Rahman:. One day before the Eidul Azhia of the year 1900, which was the. Day for the Pilgrimage, the Promised Messiah sent word to Hazrat. Maulvi Nur-ud-Din, who became later his first Khalifa, that he desired to spend this Yaumul Hajj especially in devotion and prayer. Therefore a list should be prepared of the names of those friends who, on the occasion, desired to prefer their requests to him to be 89