Tadhkirah — Page 70
70 is to say, money was received on that day after the expiry of the period of ten days and I was summoned and had to go to Amritsar. [Allah be praised for all this. ] [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, pp. 471–474 sub-footnote 3, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, pp. 562–565 sub-footnote 3] 1882 One day I received a revelation at the time of Fajr : [Urdu] Today some money will arrive from a relative of Ha j i Arb a b Muhammad Lashkar Kh a n. As usual, this prophecy was communicated to some A ryas and it was agreed that one of them should go to the post office at the time of the delivery of the mail. Accordingly, one A rya named Mal a w a mal went to the post office and brought the news that a money order in the value of ten rupees had arrived from Hoti Mardan. He also brought a letter which stated that this money had been sent by Arb a b Sarwar Kh a n. As the word Arb a b was a common courtesy title [in both names], I pointed out to the A ryas that this mutual connection was sufficient to establish the truth of the prophecy. However, some of them objected that a common courtesy title did not necessarily prove that they were related, and persisted in their objection. I was compelled to write a letter to make the requisite enquiry. After several days, the response came from a friend Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh who was an accountant at Hoti Mardan saying that Arb a b Sarwar Kh a n was the son of Arb a b Muhammad Lashkar Kh a n. This confounded all my opponents. [Allah be praised for all this. ] [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, pp. 474–475 sub-footnote 3, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, pp. 565–566 sub-footnote 3]