Tadhkirah — Page 968
968 (5) [Arabic] Sul ta n ‘Abdul-Q a dir In this revelation, God has named me Sul ta n ‘Abdul-Q a dir, meaning that as a Sul ta n rules over others, in the same way I have been invested with authority over all those who seek spiritual communion with the Divine. Such communion cannot be maintained unless they obey me and consider obedience to me as incumbent upon them. This revelation resembles an observation of Sayyed ‘Abdul-Q a dir G i l a n i (may Allah be pleased with him): which means: I have my foot on the neck of every saint. (6) (Explanation) [Arabic] All good things have been made lawful for this Sul ta n ‘Abdul-Q a dir. Tell them: I have done nothing against the commandment of God, but have done only that which Allah has commanded me. (7) I was then shown in a vision the graveyard which God has named: Bahisht i Maqbarah [Heavenly Graveyard]; and I received the revelation: That is [Arabic] None of the graveyards in India can compare with this land; meaning that the blessings bestowed upon the land of this graveyard have not been bestowed upon any other graveyard in the Punjab and India. (8) Then I saw that I was following a path and was accompanied by my son Mub a rak Ahmad and his mother and I had a feeling that Mirza Ghulam Q a dir (my brother) was also with me. I saw that the way was covered with wasps as if they were a swarm of locusts. One of them came and sat inside my navel and then flew away without