Arba'in — Page 163
ARBAIN NUMBER FOUR 163 can truly hold me accountable for, or if I have not returned any me and proves him to be the liar. أَلَا إِنَّ لَعْنَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ ]Beware! Surely, the curse of Allah is upon the liars!] In this context, I received a definite and certain revelation on Thursday, 11 December 1900:* گر امیدی دهم مدار عجب يارب بر مقام فلک شده Your pain-filled supplications have reached heaven, Then be not surprised if I should give you hopeful news. بعد ۱۱- انشاء الله تعالى . ** After eleven, if God Almighty so wills. I do not know whether by eleven it is meant eleven days or eleven weeks or eleven months or eleven years. In any case, a Sign in proof of my in- nocence will appear within that period, putting you to great shame. Do not make a mockery of God's Word. Mountains may move, rivers may dry up, and climates may change, but the Word of God does not change until it is fully carried out. A denier asserts that such and such prophecy has not been fulfilled. O stone-hearted person, have some shame before God! All those prophecies have been fulfilled. And this age shall not pass before the remaining portions also come to pass. So far, more than 100 prophecies have been witnessed by the world. Why do you shun decency and fairness? Author * 11 December 1900 is a scribal error. In al-Hakam, vol. 4, no. 45, p. 2, dated 17 December 1900, this revelation has been quoted as 13 December 1900, which indeed was a Thursday; see Tadhkirah, English translation, p. 542, ed. 3, 2018. [Publisher] ** Publisher's Note-Tadhkirah (p. 375, ed. 6, 2023) documents this footnote: Note by Hadrat Maulānā Jalal-ud-Din Shamsa: Subsequently, it was made clear to the Promised Messiahas that the revelation refers to Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh. He writes: Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh died of the plague after eleven beasts had been killed by plague, as is indicated in this revealed couplet. بر مقام فلک شده یا رب ۔ گر امیدے دہم مدار عجب۔ بعد گیاراں۔ [Your pain-filled supplications have reached heaven, then be not sur- prised if I should give you hopeful news that would not be inconsistent with My way and My bounty. After eleven. ] This shows that the number of Bābū Şahib was twelve. Two more will follow to complete the number fourteen. [Tatimmah Haqiqatul-Wahi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, p. 589 footnote; 2021]