The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 108
108. Essence of Islam-V تُكَلِّمُهُمُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا بِايْتِنَا لَا يُوْقِنُوْنَ 326 . . . He again says: وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ فَوْجًا مِّمَّنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِأَيْتِنَا فَهُمْ يُوْزَعُوْنَ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءُ وَقَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُمْ بِايْتِي وَلَمْ تُحِيْطُوا بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ وَوَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمَا ظَلَمُوْا فَهُمْ لَا يَنْطِقُوْنَ 33 . . . In short, the very [insect of the earth] mentioned in these verses had always been destined to appear at the time of the Promised Messiah. It was the same animal of many features that I had seen in my dream. And it was put in my heart that this was the germ of the plague, which God had named 'the insect of the earth' because this disease is caused by germs that come out of the earth. It first affects rats and then assumes various forms. Just as it affects people, so does it affect every other animal, and that is why it was shown to me in various forms in the vision. [Nuzul-ul-Masiḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 415-417]. God be thanked that the British government, showing kindness to its subjects, has once again advised inoculation against the plague, and has undertaken the 32 And when the sentence is passed against them, We shall bring forth for them a creature out of the earth which shall injure them because people did not believe in Our Signs. Al-Naml, 27:83 [Publisher] 33. And remind them of the day when We shall gather together from every people a party from among those who rejected Our Signs, and they shall be placed in separate bands. Till when they come, He will say, 'Did you reject My Signs hastily while you had not yet gained full knowledge about them? If not this what else was it, that you were doing? And the sentence shall fall upon them because they did wrong, and they will not be able to speak. -Al-Naml, 27:84-86 [Publisher]