Tadhkirah — Page 750
750 May 10, 1905 [Urdu] Is the matter of chastisement right? If so, to what extent? [Badr, vol. 1, no. 6, May 11, 1905, p. 1 and al- H akam, vol. 9, no. 17, May 17, 1905, p. 1] May 13, 1905 I saw in a dream as if I was present in a court in connection with a case. I suspected that the magistrate was a man called Deputy Q a ’im ‘Al i and his Reader was my brother Mirza Ghulam Q a dir. All three of us were sitting together and I felt that I was a plaintiff and wanted the defendant summoned. The presiding officer whispered something into the ear of his Reader which I also heard. He had said that I should deposit 25 rupees as summoning fee and then the defendant should be summoned. I paid the 25 rupees and the defendant was summoned. [Badr, vol. 1, no. 6, May 11, 1905, p. 1 and al- H akam, vol, 9, no. 17, May 17, 1905, p. 1] The Promised Messiah [as] said: In Q a ’im ‘Al i, the word ‘Al i (the High) is God’s name and signifies high rank. Ghul a m Q a dir was an indication that God intends to do something out of His Own Power and the summoning fee means some tribulation and pain. It is an indication that we would definitely succeed by divine power yet there is some trial and trouble in between, as is always the case with the Prophets and saintly people. [Badr, vol. 1, no. 6, May 11, 1905, p. 1]