First Grain of Sand — Page 110
110 FIRST GRAIN OF SAND For his next question, he asked me what work I do. I told him I am a religious man educated about God by the man who I have accepted as my master. At his hands have I drunken the elixir of God's love, which has filled my heart with the love of God. Thus, I can never abandon God's name and the preaching of His religion, no matter what happens. This, I said, is my work. The Colonel then asked me what I think the implications are for me now that he is the head officer of the prison. I answered that two days ago when the soldier informed me that the Colonel was about to enter my room as part of the prison inspection, the same God Whose name I have come to exalt put the realization in my heart at that exact moment that the new Colonel's arrival is a mercy for me. I told the Colonel that I am a humble follower of a pure and holy person who had prophesied many years ago about the Soviet rulers. I then recited the prophetic couplets from the poetry of the Promised Messiahas: اک نشاں ہے آنے والا آج سے کچھ دن کے بعد جس سے گردش کھائیں گے دیہات و شہر اور مرغزار A Sign will appear some days hence, Which shall overwhelm the countryside, the cities, and the meadows. اک برہنہ سے نہ یہ ہو گا کہ تا باندھے ازار آئے گا قہر خدا سے خلق پر اک انقلاب People will be seized with a revolution by the Divine wrath So suddenly that a naked one will have no time to secure his clothing.