Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 85
CHAPTER IV 85 Some of these Signs are to do with occasions when God Almighty, in keeping with His promise, protected me from the evil of the enemy. Some of the Signs are such that, in keeping with His promise, He ful- filled my needs and expectations at every occasion. And some are of the kind whereby He humiliated and disgraced those who attacked me, in keeping with His promise: إِنِّي مُهِينٌ مَّنْ أَرَادَ إِهَانَتَكَ [I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you. ] Some Signs are of the kind in which, according to His prophecies, He made me victorious over those who filed lawsuits against me. Some Signs are of the kind that pertain to the length of my ministry for, ever since the world was created, no impostor has ever been allowed such a long period of respite. Some Signs are of the kind that become evident by observing the condition of the age—that this age is in need of an Imam (spiritual head). Some Signs are of the kind which represent the fulfilment of my prayers in favour of my friends. Some Signs are of the kind which represent the effects of my prayer upon malicious enemies. Some Signs are of the kind in which precariously ill patients were cured due to my prayer and their recovery was foretold. Some Signs are of the nature whereby, for my sake and for my verac- ity, God caused a number of heavenly and earthly calamities to appear. Some Signs are of the sort wherein many eminent people, who were from among the luminaries and ascetics, saw, in my attestation, dreams, and saw the Holy Prophets. Among them are Sajjādah Nashin [the inheritor of a spiritual endowment] Ṣāḥibul- Ālam of Sindh, who had nearly 100,000 followers, and Khwajah Ghulām Farīd of Chachran. Some Signs are such that thousands of people pledged bai'at at my hand only because they were informed through dreams of my truthfulness and of my being from God; while some others did so because they saw the Holy Prophets in a dream, and he told them that the end of the world is near and that this man is the last Khalifah of God and the Promised Messiah. Some Signs relate to certain eminent