Tadhkirah — Page 1043
A PPENDIX 1043 [Arabic] [ Blessed is he who is in it and who is around it. ] He explained that by ‘in it’ was meant himself, and by ‘around it’ were meant those of us who were with him. [S i ratul-Mahd i , part 1, Riw a yat no. 88, 2nd ed] 1886 Miy a ń ‘Abdull a h of Sannour relates: Five or six miles out of Hoshiarpur there is the tomb of a saint…. The Promised Messiah as went to the tomb… and spent some time in supplication. He then …said: When I raised my hands in supplication, the revered person who is buried here came out of his grave and sat down respectfully in front of me. Had you [Miy a ń ‘Abdull a h of Sannour] not been with me, I might even have been able to talk to him. He had large eyes and a dark complexion. Then he asked me to find out whether there was any servitor about. I found one but he explained that he had not himself seen the saint as he had been dead for more than a hundred years but that he had heard from his ancestors that the saint was greatly revered in those parts and was held in much esteem. The Promised Messiah as asked him whether he could describe his appearance. The man replied: I have heard that his complexion was dark and he had large eyes. [S i ratul-Mahd i , part 1, Riw a yat no. 88, p. 71, 2nd ed] 1886 Miy a ń ‘Abdull a h of Sannour relates: After the publication of the prophecy concerning the Promised son, the Promised Messiah as sometimes asked us to supplicate that God Almighty might soon bestow the Promised son upon him. His wife was expecting a child in those days. One day it rained and I went up to the roof of