On 5 August 1906, the lower half of my body became numb and I could not move one step. Since I had systematically studied books on Greek medicine, I apprehended that these were symptoms of stroke. There was severe pain with it. I was restless. I could not even turn over in bed. During the night, when I was in great pain, I was fearful—only for the sake of faith and for no other reason—that my opponents would gloat over it. Then I supplicated before the Almighty, ‘Of course death is an unavoidable matter. But You know that such a death, and an untimely death, will cause the enemies to rejoice at this misfortune.’ Thereupon, the revelation came to me in a light slumber:
Meaning that, God has dominion over everything; and God does not disgrace the believers.
Thus, I call to witness God, the Benevolent—in whose hand my life is, and who is also observing at this very moment whether I am lying against Him or telling the truth—that with this revelation I fell asleep for, perhaps, half an hour and when I woke up suddenly, I found that there was no trace of illness left. All were asleep and I got up and began to walk as a test; it was confirmed that I was perfectly well. On witnessing the great might of my Almighty God, I shed tears in gratitude to Him, thinking how Mighty our God is and how fortunate we are to believe in His Holy Word, the Holy Quran, and to follow His Messenger(sa), and how unfortunate, indeed, are those who have failed to believe in this God who possesses such wonders.