Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 33
Details of My Statement in Brief 33 is a fool, and to consider oneself to be seeking reform is to actually create disorder. People called me ignorant and mistaken, rejected my prophecy and refused to testify to its truthfulness. So, I waited to see how Allah treats me and how He treats them, and whatever I said, people spoke against it. Hence, when such talks on the part of the people increased and they asked, ‘Where is the revelation?’ Then my cognition did not fail me, and my insight lit up like the sun, and my sign became clear and evident, and some faces became dark and some became bright. And my Lord did not give further respite to the opponents; rather He showed them what they had persistently rejected. Soon the news about the side effects of the inoculation became public and people began to say that it ren- ders a man impotent and a woman infertile. It was also said that it takes away hearing and eyesight. A few other things were also said which are not necessary to mention here. And, I kept receiving news about people dying one after another, and this continued to happen unstopped, for which no witness is really required. And, it was also said that the harm done by the inoculation was akin to the harm done by a lion out of its den or the harm caused by a ferocious tiger. And, it was said that in certain areas it wreaked havoc like an impetuous murderer or like a person who prefers killing to making slaves. And, there was total congruence in such news, but I did not pay any attention to the statements issued by the ordinary people nor did I give them any credence, for this alone was the path to peace. And, I thought to myself that I will stay patient until, like the critics, I have verified all this. This was despite that fact I heard with my own ears several accounts about this matter, and I listened to them with amazement for neither could they be rejected nor could they be ascribed to a liar. And I