Tadhkirah — Page 334
334 child of his own was playing in his lap. That child had a good complexion, was handsome and had large eyes. I said to Maulav i [N u r-ud-D i n]: God has bestowed on you in place of Muhammad Ahmad, a son, who, in his complexion, his features and his strength, is much better than Muhammad Ahmad, and I thought to myself that this child must be from another wife for the first child was weak and looked ill and only half alive, whereas this one is strong and has a good complexion. Then the following verse [ al-Baqarah , 2:107] passed through my mind; I do not recall having recited it: were helpless and could not do anything to help him. The vision also had a reference to the treatment for the pustules, and turmeric had been indicated as one ingredient in its treatment. With turmeric was another medication which could not be recalled. Seeing his restlessness, we thought of putting turmeric on his wounds, but the Promised Messiah as said: I cannot dare do that because I do not recall the other ingredient. However, we made a mistake and applied the turmeric. This made him very restless and he suffered greatly. We, therefore, had to wash off the turmeric. This increased my faith and I recognized how weak we were that we could not reach the valid conclusion by our own thinking. I also recognized that this group of the Apostles and Messengers of God is like a machine which is run by Allah the Almighty alone; they do not speak without His will. Anyway, my faith precedes these Signs. This is by the Grace of Allah that He has not left us without Signs. He showed hundreds of Signs to us. [Tafs i r S u rah al-Jumu‘ah, H aq a’ iqul-Furq a n, vol. 4, edition 2005, published in India, pp. 115–116] The boy was born on February 15, 1899-five years after this prophecy and was named ‘Abdul- H ayy. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad]