Tadhkirah — Page 161
1885 161 July 10, 1885 I remember that on one occasion I saw 185 in a state of 185 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : Maulav i ‘Abdull a h of Sannour ra had the following statement published in al-Fa d l, volume 4, number 24, September 26, 1916 by way of attestation of this event: It was the month of Rama da n on the 27 th day of which was Friday. I had the honour of being in attendance upon the blessed presence. After offering the Fajr Prayer, the Promised Messiah [as] , as was his wont, retired into the chamber (i. e. , the small room to the east of Masjid Mub a rak) and lay down on a cot. Sitting near him, my humble self started massaging his feet as usual. This continued till the sun came out and the chamber was lit up. The Promised Messiah as was lying on his side and his forearm covered his face. I was thinking with great joy how fortunate I was and what a blessed opportunity had been afforded to me by Allah, the Holy and High, that it was the blessed month of Rama da n and it was the blessed 27 th day, the blessed period of the last ten days [of Rama da n], a blessed Friday and I was in the company of the blessed personage. I thought to myself how many blessings combined for me that day; it would not be strange if God Almighty were to show me some Sign of the Promised Messiah as. I was deep in these delightful thoughts as I was massaging his foot near the ankle when suddenly I perceived a slight trembling of his body, whereupon he removed his forearm from his face and looked at me. His eyes were wet and were possibly running with tears. He covered up his face again and continued in that posture. When I looked at his ankle I noticed a red drop which was round and had not spread out. I put the tip of my forefinger on the drop and it spread out and it coloured my finger also. I was surprised and the verse passed through my mind: [Arabic] [The colouring of Allah and who is better than Allah in the matter of colouring. ( al-Baqarah , 2:139)] Then I thought that if this was Allah’s colouring may be it had a fragrance. I smelt my finger but there was no fragrance. Then I started massaging his back and observed a few wet red stains on his shirt which made me wonder, and I