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Chapter Ninedevotions). Therefore, dhikr and ashgāl became my sole missionand this is why despite my weakness and busy daily devotions, Itravel to Pakistan and London and wherever else I am promised akhanqā will be established. Whatever my condition, I try my bestto make it. I wish, by the grace of Allah u that this work spreads;and if this was what Ĥađrat [Gangohī] meant to say [in the dream],then maybe I will be successful in the Hereafter.”Another beautiful dream Ĥađrat saw is reproduced from hisdiary below:Zakariyyā saw in his dream that a man by the name of Walī Allāhis being summoned to the Blessed Prophet s and is told, “Go tellZakariyyā, you are chosen as the Quţb al-Aqţāb.” He should thinkof himself as Quţb al-Aqţāb and inform the people of this also. Ithought in the dream that maybe Walī Allāh refers to Shāh WalīAllāh Dehlawī. I felt that the reason he was called to inform mewas because it sometimes crossed my mind that Shāh Śāĥib [ShāhWalī Allāh] calls himself, nātik-e-Daurāń (speaker of the time) andmujtami‘ al-majma‘ (embodiment of the gathering) and ascribes suchhigh titles to himself in his writings. I always asked myself why heattributed such titles to himself. Finally, the dream corrected mymisgivings and it became clear to me that Shāh Śāĥib did not do itof his own accord but was actually told to ascribe these lofty titlesto himself.Anyhow, these dreams and glad tidings only increased theresponsibility Ĥađrat had put on himself. Thus, he concentratedall his efforts and time towards this one objective. Despite his oldage, weakness, ailments and his aversion to traveling, he begantravelling far and wide to fulfill this noble cause. Coincidentally,he saw this dream at the end of the 14th century, making his firstjourney at the dawn of the 15th century to one of the furthestoutreaches of the earth [South Africa].ĤaĎrat’s Journeys and Why They Were MadeOne thing should be understood here and that is that Ĥađrat doesnot travel anywhere upon someone’s request or insistence, his deci-85