First Grain of Sand — Page 104
88 FIRST GRAIN OF SAND that time, they continued to help me as far as they could. When the Soviet government's plot was put together, they notified me of what was about to come. By coincidence, at that very time, all the prisoners in this facility were going to be transferred to another higher-security building. The government workers understood this to be an ideal opportunity to put their plot into action by waiting until every- one had fallen asleep and to come wake me up and take me alone to the new prison first before anyone else. The plan was for Abdul Qadir to get up when I left the cell and loudly call the guards' attention, falsely claiming he found the fraudulent paper on my bed. To support his claim, the two clerics who had been brought in to oppose me would also then testify that indeed the paper came from my belongings. Through the immense grace and power of God Almighty, I came to know of their plan by their very actions and movements around me. So I called one of the soldiers and individually put all my belongings in front of him so he can witness that I do not have a piece of paper, but the soldier replied by saying that he cannot observe this right now and that a search would be conducted when they come to move me out of this room. He then walked away and locked the door behind him. When the time came for them to transfer me to the other prison, they did exactly as planned. In the middle of the night, two soldiers quietly came into my cell, woke me up and gestured for me to pack up my things and come with them. They instructed that I was not to speak a word to anyone nor wake anyone else up and then walked out of the room to wait for me. As planned, Abdul Qadir got up at that time and went to use the toilet located next to the door of our