Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 110
IIO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Now, come forward and go forth, as your time is near. The time is now coming that the people of Muḥammad will be lifted from the pit and their steps will be planted firmly on a strong tower. The holy Muḥammad, the Chosen One, Chief of the Prophets. God will set all affairs aright and will bestow upon you all that you desire. The Lord of hosts will turn His attention towards this. The purport of this Sign is that the Holy Quran is the Book of God and is the words of My mouth. your O Īsā [Jesus], I shall cause you to die and shall raise you towards Myself and I shall grant predominance to your experiences in which, only through prayer and earnest attention on my part, God Almighty healed the sick, and their number defies counting. Recently, on the night preceding 8 July 1906, my son, Mubarak Aḥmad, was down with measles and was very agitated and restless. He spent one night tossing and turning, with hardly a moment's sleep. The following night even worse signs appeared and, in a state of unconsciousness, he was tearing his flesh apart and was delirious. His body had a terrible itch. I was greatly overcome and received the revelation [Pray unto Me; I will answer your prayer']. Then I prayed and suddenly I saw in a vision that there were numer- ous mice-like creatures on his bed that were biting him. Then someone rose up and gathered and wrapped all those animals in a sheet and told me to throw it out. And then the state of vision ended. I know not whether the state of vision ended first or whether the illness ended first. The boy slept comfort- ably until the morning. As God Almighty has granted me this special miracle from Himself, I, therefore, proclaim it with certainty that nobody on the face of the earth can compete with me in this miracle of healing the sick. And if someone tries to compete with me in this, God shall put him to shame, for this is a special gift of God bestowed upon me to show miraculous Signs. This does not mean, however, that each and every patient I pray for will recover; rather, it means that most of the patients will surely be cured at my hand. Should anyone dare to compete with me in respect of this miracle by way of insolence and trickery, God will make certain that the patients assigned to me will be cured in far greater proportion than the others. This competition should be done, for example, by randomly assigning twenty patients to me and twenty to the challenger. It will be an obvious miracle. Alas! I could have quoted many wonderful incidents as examples but this small treatise lacks the space for it. (Author)