Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 108
108 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION are engaged in doing good deeds. Say, 'If I have invented a slan- der, the sin thereof is on me. And I was living among you for a long time before this, then do you not understand?' Is not Allah sufficient for His servant? And We will make him a Sign and an example of mercy and this matter had been determined since eternity. This is that very matter which you doubted. Peace be upon you! You have been blessed. You are blessed in the world and in the Hereafter. Blessings will descend upon the sick people through you. ¹* 1. Footnote: The words of God that, 'Blessings will descend upon the sick people through you,' covers both the spiritually sick and the physically sick. Spiritually, because I see that there are thousands of people whose conduct was unbecoming prior to their bai'at [pledge of allegiance] to me, but after pledging bai'at their conduct improved, and they repented of various kinds of sins and became regular in their prayers. I find hundreds of people in my Jama'at whose hearts are now burning with the desire to be cleansed of car- nal passions. As for physical illnesses, I have observed time after time that most of those who suffered from serious diseases were cured as a result of my prayer and concentration. My son Mubarak Aḥmad became so seriously ill at the age of about two that his condition appeared hopeless. While I was still praying, someone called out, 'The boy has died!', which implied that I should stop praying as prayer was of no use anymore. But I did not cease to pray. When I placed my hand on my son's body while still in the state of my focus towards God Almighty, suddenly I felt that he took a breath and I had not yet moved my hand away when I felt definite signs of life in him and after minutes he regained consciousness and sat up. Again, at a time when the plague was raging in Qadian, my son, Sharif Aḥmad, fell sick and developed high fever which seemed to be typhoid. He fell totally unconscious and was beating about his arms in that unconscious- ness. I thought to myself that although no one is immortal, if the boy died in the days while the plague was raging in Qadian, all my enemies would say that this fever had in fact been the plague, and would claim that the divine reve- lation vouchsafed to me all who dwell in your house from the plague, had been false. This thought caused me indescribable distress. At about midnight the boy's condition dete- riorated and I became apprehensive that it was some other affliction and not just the ordinary fever. I cannot describe my feeling, because if the boy was to die-God forbid—it would provide the cruel-natured people with a lot of meaning that, I shall safeguard اِنّى أَحَافِظُ كُلَّ مَنْ فِى الدّارِ