Tadhkirah — Page 393
1897 393 Eventually he passed his examination very well. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, p. 223, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 601] July 29, 1897 Last night I saw in a dream that lightning was proceeding towards my house from the West. It was not accompanied by any sound, nor did it cause any damage. Rather, it was proceeding like a bright star slowly towards my house and I was watching it from a distance. When it arrived near, my feeling was that it was lightning but my eyes saw it only as a small star, which had been perceived as lightning by my heart. Then my mind moved from this vision to the reception of revelation and the revelation came: It meant that [Arabic] what I saw did not amount to anything 432 except a threatening official process. Nothing more would come out of it. Thereafter I received the revelation: Translation: [Arabic] The believers were put to a trial. 432 Referring to his earlier notebook, Hadrat Muft i Muhammad S adiq ra has given the date August 21, 1897 as the time of the following four revelations: Allah knows best. Moreover, he has cited two more revelations: for the same date. (See Dhikr-e- H ab i b , 2 nd edition, Majlis An sa rull a h, page 221). [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]