Tadhkirah — Page 68
68 1882 Some time back … a gentleman named N u r Ahmad, who is both a ha fi z and a ha j i and perhaps also knows some Arabic and preaches from the Holy Qur’an and lives in Amritsar, came to Qadian in the course of his wanderings…. Since he was staying with me, and had expressed to me in very strong words the opinion 82 about revelation which he entertained, I felt much aggrieved by it. I tried in every possible manner to convince him of his misconception but my reasoning had no effect upon him. Then I turned to Allah the Almighty and told Ha fi z [ N u r Ahmad] that I would supplicate to Allah the Noble, and would not be surprised if some prophecy might be made of which he might himself see the fulfilment. Accordingly, I made my supplication that night and towards the morning I saw in my vision a letter which had arrived by post on which there was a superscription in English: I am quarreller. And another in Arabic: 83 And I also received these words by way of revelation as if they had been addressed to me by the writer of the letter. Then the vision ended. Since I do not have any knowledge of the English language, I informed Miy a ń N u r Ahmad of this vision and revelation and enquired from someone who was 82 Ha fi z N u r Ahmad believed that revelation was another name for a person’s own imagination. [Publishers] 83 [Arabic] This is a shattering witness. [Publishers]