Fifteenth Assembly (Khwan-Pur-Nemat)

Sheikh Muizzuddin said: How should a dream be interpreted in which a person sees lightning strike and flames erupt? The Venerable Master, after pausing for a while, said: Disaster is about to strike the city in which a person has such a dream.

This Helpless One enquired: To which group does this Quranic verse apply: 'God Almighty said: You think they are united, but their hearts are divided' (Q59:14). He replied: It was revealed with regard to infidels when the Apostle was preparing to do battle with some of them. He had only a small force with him for the battle, while the infidels had a very large one. For this reason, the Apostle grew hesitant. The thought occurred to him that the infidels did have a large force, whereas his own was quite small. This was the occasion of the revelation of this verse: 'You think they are united, but their hearts are divided. In other words, although they have the numbers their hearts are scattered. No heart is united to any other. For this reason, although they number thousands, this will not bene- fit them.

Afterwards he related this story: A friend of God related that a dervish from the North¹ arrived in Multan during the time of Sheikh Sadruddin. After some days he requested per- mission from his sheikh to visit Delhi and meet the learned and holy men of that city. The sheikh granted him permission. The dervish set out and reached Delhi. He spent one night there. The following morning, he set out for Multan. Upon his return he visited his Sheikh. He asked him the reason for his hasty return. By way of reply, the dervish said: 'You think they are united, but their hearts are divided.' (Q 59:14)

Sheikh Muizzuddin said: How should a dream be interpreted in which a person sees lightning strike and flames erupt? The Venerable Master, after pausing for a while, said: Disaster is about to strike the city in which a person has such a dream.

This Helpless One enquired: To which group does this Quranic verse apply: 'God Almighty said: You think they are united, but their hearts are divided' (Q59:14). He replied: It was revealed with regard to infidels when the Apostle was preparing to do battle with some of them. He had only a small force with him for the battle, while the infidels had a very large one. For this reason, the Apostle grew hesitant. The thought occurred to him that the infidels did have a large force, whereas his own was quite small. This was the occasion of the revelation of this verse: 'You think they are united, but their hearts are divided. In other words, although they have the numbers their hearts are scattered. No heart is united to any other. For this reason, although they number thousands, this will not bene- fit them.

Afterwards he related this story: A friend of God related that a dervish from the North¹ arrived in Multan during the time of Sheikh Sadruddin. After some days he requested per- mission from his sheikh to visit Delhi and meet the learned and holy men of that city. The sheikh granted him permission. The dervish set out and reached Delhi. He spent one night there. The following morning, he set out for Multan. Upon his return he visited his Sheikh. He asked him the reason for his hasty return. By way of reply, the dervish said: 'You think they are united, but their hearts are divided.' (Q 59:14)