First Grain of Sand — Page 109
THE TORTURE BEGINS 109 Since I had already been receiving a series of peculiar dreams bearing good news, I was completely convinced that my master had not only already learned about my imprisonment but had also begun efforts to secure my freedom through the British govern- ment. So I told the Colonel that certainly God Almighty exists, and this God has informed my Khalifah about my condition. I then told him that he has already received a phone call with my Khalifah's inquiry about me. The Colonel refused to agree with me two or three times, but when I insisted, he smiled and admit- ted that indeed they had been informed him about me. The Colonel then continued to his next question, asking me my impressions of the first officer who interrogated me twice when I first arrived in Tashkent. I told him that the first officer was very fair and compassionate. However, I said, his successor was much different because after some initial attention to my statements, he turned against me once the government themselves had placed their undercover agent, Abdul Qadir, in my cell for a month, who then reported back that I am a spy. He then changed topics and asked me whether my Khalifah was a greater scholar or myself. I educated him that the Khalifah is an incredibly significant scholar and a respected pious elder. I am a leaf on a tree, whereas he is a garden full of trees. I am a drop, whereas he is a vast ocean. In fact, the real truth is that I am no kind of competition to him whatsoever. نمی گردد بیان آن وصف از تقریر کو تا هم It is not possible for me to properly express his qualities in mere words.