Arba'in — Page 58
58 Faith. ’ My Signs have been illumined 1 ✳ and People denied them wrongfully, though their hearts believed [in them]. Allah ruin them, whither are they turned away? Say, ‘O ye who disbelieve! I am of the truthful ones. And I have with me evidence from Allah that I have been commissioned and I am the foremost of believers. And build an ark before My eyes and according to My command. Those who enter into Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance] with you, enter into a covenant with Allah, it is the hand of God that is upon their hands. Those who turn to Me and reform are the ones to whom I shall turn and I am Oft- Returning with Mercy. The leader is the best of all crea- tion. The enemy will say, ‘You are not a Messenger. ’ We shall seize him from the snout. Call to mind when your Lord said, ‘I am about to place a Khalifah [Vicegerent] in the earth. ’ And they said: ‘Will you place therein one who will commit disorder?’ He said, ‘I know what you know not. ’ And they look at you but they do not see you. They are awaiting your being afflicted with misfortune; they 1. ✳ Allah the Exalted has shown nearly one hundred Signs in my sup- port. Thus, four sons were born in accordance with four prophecies, and a detailed description about them is given in my book Tiry a qul- Qul u b. Similarly, a prophecy was made about my dear brother, respect- ed H ak i m Noor-ud-Deen that a son would be born in his family and on his body there would be boils. There was a conditional prophecy about A tham; a prophecy about Lekh Ram getting killed, and a prophecy about me being ultimately acquitted of the alleged crime of a murder; and a prophecy about a contagious disease spreading in the country. In short, there are one hundred prophecies that have been fulfilled, and there are thousands of witnesses to attest to their fulfilment. All these prophecies are published in the book Tiry a qul-Qul u b. Author