Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 124
124 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION decree at certain times and will fulfil it at other times. ¹ They will ask, 'Whence have you obtained this status'? Tell them, 'Allah is the Possessor of Wonders. ' Ayal²* came to me and chose me and rotated his fingers and signified that the promise of Allah had arrived. Then blessed is he who finds it and sees it. Various kinds of diseases will be spread and many lives will be lost in different calamities. I shall stand with My Messenger and shall break the fast and also observe it. ³* I shall not depart from this land until a determined time. I shall bestow upon you the light of My coming and I shall proceed towards you and shall bestow upon you that which shall stay with you forever. We shall inherit the earth and will eat into it from its bounda- ries. Many will be transferred to their graves. Manifest victory will be from Allah that day. My Lord is the Possessor of Mighty Power and He is Strong and Mighty. His wrath will descend 1. The words of this divine revelation literally mean that I will sometimes miss and at other times I will do as intended; meaning that sometimes I will do as I wish and at other times I will not. And sometimes my intent would be implemented, and other times not. Such words do occur in the discourse of God Almighty as is reported in aḥādīth [that Allah the Almighty says]: ‘I hes- itate to take the soul of a believer'; whereas Allah is free from hesitation. This divine revelation that 'Sometimes My intent misses and at others not' has a similar import. It means that sometimes I cancel My decree and intention, while at others that intent is fulfilled as I had desired. (Author) 2. Here Allah the Almighty has named Gabriel as Ãyal, because he returns often. (Author) 3. It is obvious that Allah the Almighty is beyond keeping the fast and break- ing it. Therefore, these words cannot be attributed to Him in their literal sense. Hence it is only a figure of speech. The import is that 'Sometimes I shall send My chastisement and sometimes I shall grant a respite like a person who sometimes eats and at other times keeps fast and stays away from eating. ' Such figures of speech abound in the Scriptures of God, as there is a hadith that Allah will say, on the Day of Judgment: 'I was sick, I was hungry, I was naked. . . (Author)