First-person testimony · Part III

Imambai Chota Khan

Context

Imambai Chota Khan's statement appears at page 301 of Part III. She is one of the longer Muslim-female witness testimonies in the collection — Narasimha Swami took deliberate care to preserve both women's voices and Muslim voices.

About the 1936 statement

A substantial Muslim-female-witness testimony.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

We had tried many medicines and even injections but to no purpose. I asked my wife to apply udhi. 272 She was daily using udhi. There was not much udhi with us. Then she thought of Sai Baba, and said that there was no udhi in the house. Without any letter from us to the secretary, we received a packet of udhi from Rahata. We thought it was a miracle of Sai baba. She is now completely cured of her boils. We became more devoted to Sai Baba from that day onwards. We have been enjoying peace of mind since we began to worship Sai Baba. All these wonderful powers of Sai Baba confirmed me that Sai baba is God but not a saint. On 27-11-39,1 casually thought that Sai Baba should give me thirtham in his physical form. On the same night, he appeared to me in his physical form, and gave me thirtham with some jaggery. I took thirtham and drank it. Sai Baba has been helping us always. We have been taking the picture of Sai Baba where ever we go for worship. These are the experiecnes of a period of 6 months from 1-7-39 to 31-12-39. I boldly declare that Sai baba is God and not a saint as held by others.

Source: B. V. Narasimha Swami, Devotees' Experiences of Sri Sai Baba (All India Sai Samaj, Madras, 1940s; reprint Akhanda Sainama Sapthaha Samithi, Hyderabad). PDF on Internet Archive · OCR full text. Excerpt matched on the term: Imambai Chota Khan. This is the canonical English excerpt; please consult the original PDF for context.