By God — Page 27
27 Now, under the dictate of the verse: ْ و َٔاَمَّا بِنِعْمَۃِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّث (And as for the bounty of your Lord, do relate it to others. Ad-Duha : 12) I would like to state about myself that by placing me in the third of the aforementioned categories, God has granted me the blessing which is not on account of my endevour but was bestowed upon me even as I was in the womb of my mother. He has shown so many signs in my support that if I were to count them one by one up to this day, 16 July 1906, I can swear that they are in excess of three hun- dred thousand. And if someone does not believe in my oath, I can provide him with proof. (Haqiqatul-Wahi, Ruhani Khaza’in, Volume 22, p. 70) At a time when Qadian was afflicted with the plague, my son Sharif Ahmad fell ill and appeared to be suffering from very high fever like typhoid. He had almost lost consciousness and struck about his arms in this condition. I thought to myself that no one was immortal but if the boy died during these ravaging days of the plague in Qadian, my enemies would call this fever the plague and would treat the holy revelation that had been vouchsafed to me as false: ادلار ف ان ّ احافظ کل ّ من Meaning that I shall safeguard from the plague all