Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 146
146 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION 1 inflict upon me. Not only did He save me but also informed me before- hand that He would save me. Moreover, on every occasion and in every litigation, God Almighty continued to inform me that He would save me. Thus, in keeping with His promise, He continued to protect me. " Such are the Signs of God's might! On the one hand, the whole world has come together to destroy me, and on the other is the Mighty God, who saves me from every one of their attacks. Then my opponents came upon another occasion to rejoice when Charagh Din of Jammu, an erstwhile follower of mine, became an apostate. After his apostasy, in my book Dāfi'ul-Balā’i wa Mi'yāru Ahlil-Istifa' ['Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God'], I published a revelation which I received from God Almighty that, having been seized by divine wrath, he would be killed. At that, many a cleric allied with him out of sheer spite for me. He wrote a book that he named Mināratul-Masiḥ ['The Minaret of the Messiah'] in which he called me the Dajjal [Antichrist]. Also, he published his revelation that he was a Messenger from amongst the Messengers of God and that Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā [Jesus] had given him a staff so that he might kill the Dajjal (referring to myself) with that staff. In fact, nearly half the book is devoted to the subject that I am the Dajjāl and that I will be destroyed at his hands. He further professed that this very news had been communicated to him by God as well as by ‘Īsā. Nevertheless, people may have heard what happened in the end. This man attested to the truth of my prophecy with his own death, along with the death of both his sons, by the plague on 4 April 1906 in a state of utter hopelessness. Only a few days before his death, he had drawn up a statement of mubahalah [prayer duel] in which, after mentioning his and my name, he prayed to God Almighty that of the two of us he who is false should 1. All of these prophecies have been published from time to time. Our op- ponents will be answerable to God as to why they ignored all these Signs. (Author)