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1891 247 time I saw in a state of vision a person in the form of my deceased elder brother Mirza Ghulam Q a dir. However, I was immediately made to understand that he was an angel. I asked him: Where have you come from? He answered: [Arabic] I have come from the Presence of [God] the One. I asked him: Why? He answered: Many people have drawn away from you and their hostility towards you is increasing. This is the message I have brought you. I desired to have a word with him in private. When he withdrew I said to him: People have withdrawn from me, but have you also drawn away? He answered: No, we are with you. On this my state of vision came to an end. [al- H akam, vol. 7, no. 2, January 17, 1903, p. 6 and al-Badr, vol. 1, no. 12, January 16, 1903, p. 97 See also Anw a rul-Isl a m, p. 52, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 9, p. 54] 1891. . . On my addressing myself to God I have received the revelation: 276 and I have been assured that if abandoning the path of virtue you 277 will commit these impertinences 278 and will overlook the command contained in the verse: 276 [Arabic] Pray to Me; I will accept your prayers. [Publishers] 277 Maulav i Sayyed Nadh i r H usain Dehlv i [Publishers] 278 That is, after hearing all the arguments about the death of Jesus in a public gathering, would declare on oath in the name of Allah the Glorious, that these arguments are not valid and that in truth Jesus has ascended to heavens with physical body. [The Announcement of October 17, 1891, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 1, pp. 248–249]