Once I had the occasion to travel from Ludhiana to Patiala. I was accompanied by the same Sheikh Hamid ‘Ali; another person named Fateh Khan, resident of a village adjoining Tandah, district Hoshiarpur; and a third person named Sheikh ‘Abdur- Rahim of Ambala Cantonment. There were also some others whom I do not remember. On the morning we were to take the train, it was disclosed to me through revelation that I would suffer some loss and some inconvenience during the journey.
I said to all these companions of mine, ‘Offer the Salat [Prayer] and supplicate, for I have received this revelation.’ Therefore, everyone supplicated and after that we boarded the train and reached Patiala in perfect safety. When we arrived at the station, we found that the Chief Minister of the State, Khalifah Muhammad Hasan, along with all the prominent officials of the State, riding as many as eighteen carriages, were present to welcome us. As we advanced further, there were some 7,000 citizens of all ranks to receive us.
It was all well so far; neither did we suffer any loss nor did anything untoward happen. When we wanted to return, the same Minister along with his brother, Sayyed Muhammad Husain, who is probably a member of the State Council these days, accompanied me to the station to see me off at the train. He was also accompanied by the late Nawab Muhammad Khan of Jhajjar. When we reached the station, there was still some time before the departure of the train. I decided to offer the ‘Asr [afternoon] Prayer there. I took off my cloak with a view to performing ablutions and handed it to an attendant of the Minister. Subsequently, I put it back on and offered the Prayer. In the cloak, there was some cash to meet the expenses of the journey and I had to pay for the train fare out of it too. When it was time to purchase the ticket, I put my hand into my pocket to give the money for the ticket, and discovered that the handkerchief containing the money was missing. It seems that it fell somewhere when I had taken off the cloak. But, instead of being unhappy, I was pleased that a part of the prophecy had been fulfilled.
Then, after making arrangements for the purchase of tickets, we boarded the train. It was about ten o’clock in the evening when we arrived at Doraha station where the train was to stop only for five minutes. Sheikh ‘Abdur-Rahim, a member of my party, asked an Englishman if we had arrived in Ludhiana. Out of mischief or some other personal motives he replied that we had. At this we hurriedly disembarked along with our baggage. In the meantime, the train left.
The moment we disembarked we realized by the desolation of the station that we had been misled. The station was so desolate that there was not even a bedstead to sit on, nor could any arrangement be made for food. But in view of the fact that, by encountering this inconvenience, the second part of the prophecy had been fulfilled, I was as pleased as if somebody had invited us to a sumptuous dinner and as if we got every kind of delectable food.
Afterwards the Station Master came out of his room and regretted that someone had caused us such trouble by unjust mischief. He said that a goods train would arrive at midnight and he would help us board it if there was some space available. After this he checked it up through telegraph and was told that space was available. At midnight we boarded the train and arrived at Ludhiana. It seems that this journey was simply for this prophecy.