Tadhkirah — Page 564
564 1902 One night I received a revelation as if a third person was addressing me in the following words: 599 This revelation was announced to all friends. Accordingly, I received a letter the same day from Khal if ah N u r-ud-D i n from Jammu 600 that plague had broken out in that city and he wanted permission that he should move to Qadian with all his family members. [Nuz ul u l-M as ih, p. 211, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 589] March 29, 1902 601 [al- H akam, vol. 6, no. 12, March 31, 1902, p. 15] 1902 (A) Thereafter, 602 I also received the revelation: 599 [Arabic] I am running to you with the members of my family. [Publishers] 600 The reference is not to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra but to Khal if ah N u r-ud-D i n ra of Jammu who was a bookseller. [Publishers] 601 [Arabic] Had it not been out of regard for you, this town would have been ruined. A time will come upon hell [i. e. , plague and earthquakes] when none will be left in it. [Publishers] Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : In the diary of Hadrat Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n the date of this revelation is written as March 29. See A sha b-e-Ahmad , volume 2, page 572, written by Malik S al ah -ud-D i n M. A. of Qadian. 602 After the revelation. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams]