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1886 173 concerning them and it happened in this wise. When I was about to go to sleep, Ahmad Baig’s mother-in-law was personified before me and her condition caused me distress and I trembled. In the meeting, she appeared to me to be in great distress and I saw [in the vision] that her eyes were shedding tears. I said to her: [Arabic] O Woman, repent, repent for misfortune is about to befall your progeny. That is, your daughter and maternal granddaughter will be involved in distress. Then I came out of this condition and My Lord granted me the understanding that the vision I had seen was an interpretation granted by Allah the All-Knowing of the revelation I had previously received. I was given the understanding by God, the Requiter, that the word ‘ aqibi means her daughter and her maternal granddaughter and not anyone else from among her children. It was conveyed to me that misfortune meant two afflictions, one upon her daughter and the other upon her maternal granddaughter. By the command of Allah A h kamul- Ha kim i n [ the Arbiter above all arbiters] the two would resemble each other. [Anj a m-e- A tham, pp. 213–214, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 11, pp. 213–214] (B) In January 1886, I received another revelation in Hoshiarpur about Mirz a Ahmad Baig 198 which was announced to a group of people among whom were B a b u 198 The reference is to Mirz a Ahmad Baig of Hoshiarpur, who was married to a cousin of the Promised Messiah as , to whom Muhammad i Begum was born. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]