The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 123
Extraordinary Renown and Divine Succour 123 provide financial support. Secondly, I was not the scion of an influential family to have influence on anyone. I was helpless on all counts. It was but natural for me to have been overawed by this Revelation. . At that time I stood in great need to be comforted by. God's glorious promises, lest I should die of unbearable sorrow. I have, therefore, no words to thank God, the Glorious and the All-Powerful, Who did support me with His glad tidings in my hour of helplessness and anguish, and subsequently fulfilled all His promises. If Divine help and succour had come about without prior prophecies, it could have been attributed to fortune or chance, but now they constitute such extraordinary signs that only a person of satanic nature will dare to deny them. . Thereafter God fulfilled all the promises He had made to me a long time ago in the form of prophecies. He helped and supported me in every way. He removed all difficulties and dispelled all anxieties, the mere thought of which was enough to break my back, and because of which I was afraid I would die. And as He had promised, so did He bring forth. Although He could have shown me His help and support without informing me beforehand, He chose not to do so. Instead, He granted me prophecies about His support and help at a time of hopelessness that could be likened to the period of the Holy Prophet's a life when he would walk about the streets of Mecca all alone, with no one by his side, and with no apparent sign of success. The prophecies that were made during the