The Shining Lamp — Page 191
CORRESPONDENCE WITH HADRAT KHAWAJAH GHULAM FARĪD would now come to serve so devotedly as they had never done before. This elderly saint passed away after his return from Hajj. He repeatedly advised all his near and close relatives to maintain a connection of discipleship with this humble one. When leaving for Hajj, he wrote to me stating that he was most regretful that he did not get to spend much time with me and that life was wasted on unimportant pursuits. All his progeny and all men and women who were his dear friends followed his advice, and themselves became woven into the pact of Baiat [the Pledge of Allegiance] with me. Accordingly, his children have long since moved from Ludhiana and are living close to me in Qadian with their families. Another holy person, a standard bearer [well- known Pīr], had a dream regarding me in which he saw that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, testified in my favour at a large gathering. He wrote a letter to me, which has been printed in the Damimah to Anjām-e-Atham, which your good self must have seen. However, this humble one's Community has not reached the number that was made manifest to me by my God. I envisage that my Jamāʻat has close to 8,000 mem- bers, 200 or 300 more or less than that. O honourable and respected one! This Movement is God's Movement, and its foundation has been laid by that All-Powerful God who always shows wondrous works. He is not answerable for His doings as to why He did so. 191