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318 upon you]. They returned the greeting with: wa ‘alaikumus- sal a m [and on you be peace too]. They added several supplicatory phrases to it, out of which the only one I remember was: 366 I do, however, recall that the meaning of the other phrases was: May God help you, may you have victory. Then, I sat down with them and told them that I had seen a dream in which I had greeted someone with: assal a mo ‘alaikum , and he had returned the greeting with: wa ‘alaikumus-sal a mo wa zz afaro [on you be peace and may you have victory]. [Register of Miscellaneous Memoranda of the Promised Messiah as , p. 217] October 1, 1893 Last night I saw that ants were coming out of my nose. Some of them were alive and some dead. Thereafter, blood came out and collected on the ground. Allah knows best its interpretation. I commit my affair to Him. [Register of Miscellaneous Memoranda of the Promised Messiah as , p. 219] 1893 Although according to the common belief of Muslims Lailatul-Qadr 367 is a blessed night, the verity of which God Almighty has informed me is that besides this generally accepted connotation, Lailatul-Qadr also denotes another time period, namely, the time when darkness spreads over the world, and there is darkness upon darkness all around. Then that darkness demands that a light should descend 366 [Arabic] May Allah lengthen your days. [Publishers] 367 Night of Destiny; see s u rah al-Qadr of the Holy Qur’an. [Publishers]