The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 54
54. Essence of Islam-V through revelation that he is about to be born. What is more, these Prophecies were publicized among hundreds of thousands of people beforehand. Seek out the whole world, and try to produce a precedent if you can. . . . A man can never dare to formulate such a scheme whereby he should first publicize a prophecy about the birth of four sons as I did in the announcement of 20th February, 1886-and should then go on to make prophecies before the birth of each and every son, and the sons should continue to be born in keeping with these prophecies until the figure of four— which was mentioned in the initial prophecy-is reached. And all this despite the fact that person who makes these prophecies falsely claims to be from. God. Is it possible that God Almighty should continue to help an impostor for fourteen long years from 1886 to the end of 1899? Has God ever favoured an impostor in this manner, and can such a precedent be found on the face of the earth? [Tiryāq-ul-Qulub, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 218-222]