Tadhkirah — Page 933
1906 933 dead—was achieved. When that condition of attendance in the presence of God reached its ultimate point, and agony saturated my heart to its brim, then that sick man—who really was dead—started demonstrating the Signs of responding to my attention towards God. Instead of fearing from water and running away from light, his health suddenly took a turn for the better and indicated that he was no longer afraid of water. He was given water, and he drank it without any fear. He also performed his ablutions with water and joined in the service. That night, he slept in comfort throughout and all the wildness left him. Within a few days he was back to complete health. It was conveyed to me immediately that the symptoms of agitation had not appeared in him as a presage of death but for the purpose of the demonstration of a Divine Sign. Those who are experts in these matters affirm that it has never happened that after someone has been bitten by a mad dog and the symptoms of rabies have appeared, the person might be saved. This is fully confirmed by the fact that the specialists at Kasauli appointed by the Government to treat the dog-bitten patients had replied to our telegram that nothing could now be done 1133 [for ‘Abdul-Kar i m]. 1133 Publishers’ Note: Image of Telegram as given in Tatimmah Haqiqatul-Wahi , pages 46–47, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , volume 22, pages 480–481: