Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 206
206 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION them fame? 1* I find that the grace of God Almighty is with me such that God Almighty has already ordained such means for disseminat- ing my arguments and the propagation of the Faith of His Noble Prophet that were inaccessible to any previous Prophet. Thus, in my time mutual contacts between different countries, on account of rail- ways, telegraph, the postal system, and of transport by sea and land, have improved so much that all the nations of the world seem to have become one country—or even one town. If someone wants to travel, he can return from a worldwide trip in a short span of time. In addi- tion, the writing of books has become so easy and simple, and such printing machines have been invented that, whereas earlier it was diffi- cult to inscribe a few copies of a voluminous book even in a hundred years, we can now print hundreds of thousands of its copies in a year or two and publish them throughout the country. Moreover, there are so many facilities for propagation in every aspect as were totally non-existent in our country 100 years ago. If you cast a glance at the previous fifty years from today, you will find that most of the peo- ple were illiterate and ignorant. But, on account of the abundance of schools which have been established even in villages, people have now acquired an ability to easily understand books on religion. 1. This revelation about me was recorded in Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya twen- ty-five years ago. This revelation belongs to a time when I was leading a life of solitude, and, except for a few of my father's acquaintances, no one even أَنْتَ مِنِّنْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ تَوْحِيْدِى وَتَفْرِيْدِى فَحَانَ أَنْ تُعَانَ :knew me. The revelation is a follows meaning: 'You are to Me as My Tauḥid [Oneness] and Tafrid [Uniqueness]. Thus, the time has come when you shall be granted help of all kinds and you shall be renowned in the world with honour. To mention the promise of granting fame, in conjunction with Tauḥīd and Tafrid constitutes an indication that to be famous with glory and majesty is truly the preroga- tive of God Almighty. Then, whoever is the recipient of the special grace of God, due to his extreme effacement [in God], becomes worthy of partaking of the Tauhid and all traces of separation are removed from him. It is then that God Almighty invests such a person with fame, honour, majesty, and glory just as He does it for His Own Self, because Tauḥid and Tafrid confer upon him the right to attain such honour. (Author)