Once it was shown to me in a dream concerning my brother, the late Mirza Ghulam Qadir, that only a few days were left of his life and they were, at the most, fifteen days. After this he suddenly became very ill and was reduced to a mere skeleton. He became so emaciated that when he was lying in bed, it was hardly noticeable whether someone was lying in the bed or it was empty. He had incontinence of stools and urine and he was unconscious most of the time. My father, the late Mirza Ghulam Murtada, who was a very skilled physician, declared his condition to be hopeless and beyond cure, and that his life was merely a matter of a few more days.
I was full of youthful vigour at the time and had the strength to undertake spiritual exercises. I am, by nature, a firm believer in the Omnipotence of God. Indeed, who can ascertain the limits of His powers? Nothing is impossible to Him, except for things that are contrary to His promise, or inconsistent with His glory and counter to His Oneness. Therefore, despite this hopeless condition, I started praying for him. I had appointed in my mind that through this prayer I wished to enhance my spiritual cognition with regard to three things: First, I wanted to see if I am worthy enough in the sight of the Lord of Honour that my prayer is accepted.
Second, is it possible for the dreams or revelations received in the form of a warning to be deferred or not?
Third, is it possible for a patient, who has been reduced to a mere skeleton, to be cured through prayer or not?
Thus, I started to pray on this basis. I swear by Him in whose hands my life is, that his condition began to change for the better simultaneously with the prayer. In the meantime, I saw him in another dream walking in the courtyard on his own feet, whereas his real condition was such that he needed assistance even to change his side on the bed. After I had prayed for fifteen days, there were visible signs of recovery in his condition and he expressed his desire to walk a few steps. He got up with a little assistance and started walking with the help of a stick and then he discarded the stick. He was restored to full health in a few days. After this, he lived for fifteen years and then he died, which shows that God had changed the fifteen days of his life into fifteen years. Such indeed is our God who also maintains the power even to change His prophecies; albeit our adversaries aver that He is not Omnipotent.