Tadhkirah — Page 46
46 opponents strive to demolish this House, the more treasures of divine knowledge and heavenly Signs will emerge from it. Accordingly, my experience is that with every persecution a new treasure is disclosed. One of the revelations in this context is: 54 [Arba'in, no. 4, p. 15 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, pp. 444–445 footnote] (B) A revelation that came to me about twenty-five years ago was: 55 [al- H akam, vol. 10, no. 37, October 24, 1906, p. 1] About 1881 About eighteen years ago, I informed some people from among Hindus and Muslims that: ‘God has addressed me and has said: That is [Arabic] We give you good tidings that We will grant you a handsome son. ’ I communicated this revelation to one Ha fi z N u r Ahmad of Amritsar, who is alive and is one of my opponents in respect of my claim of being the Promised Messiah. I also communicated it to Sheikh Ha mid ‘Al i who used to stay 54 [Persian] Someone kissed my foot and I told him: ‘I am the Black Stone. ’ [Publishers] 55 [Persian] A person kissed my foot and I told him: ‘I am the Black Stone. ’ [Publishers] Publishers’ Note: The Promised Messiah as says in al-Istift a ’ , page 41: Interpreters of dreams have said that the interpretations of the Black Stone in a dream are: the man of learning, the jurist and the wise.