The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 17
Family and Personal Background 17 confronted with all sorts of difficulties. Thereupon I received another revelation: اليس الله بكاف عبده. That is to say, is not Allāh sufficient for His servant?. This revelation conveyed great comfort and satisfaction to me and it firmly fixed itself in my heart like an iron nail. I swear by God Almighty in Whose hand is my life that He has fulfilled this comforting revelation in a manner that was beyond my imagination. He has provided for me as no father could have provided for anyone. I have been the recipient of His continuous bounties, which I find impossible to deny. . My father died the same day after sunset. This was the first day on which I experienced a sign of Divine mercy through revelation concerning which I cannot imagine that it would ever cease to have effect during my lifetime. I had the words of the revelation carved on a semi-precious stone and set it in a ring, which I have with me securely. Nearly 40 years of my life passed under the care of my father, and with his departure from this life, I began to receive Divine revelations continuously and abundantly. [Kitāb-ul-Bariyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 13, pp. 162-195, footnote]