Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 254
254 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION twin birth. Just as Adam was born in the manner of a twin-Adam first, and then Eve-similarly, the Promised Messiah would be born twin. So, Allah be praised and thanked that I am the fulfilment of this prophecy of the mystics. I, too, was born a twin at dawn on a Friday with the sole dif- ference that the first to be born was a girl whose name was Jannat-and she went to Jannat [Paradise] after a few days—and after her I was born. Sheikh Muḥy-ud-Dīn ibn-e-'Arabī has recorded this prophecy in his book Fusus, and has also written that he [the Promised Messiah] would be of Chinese descent. ¹ In any case, these three prophesies reinforce one another. Because they have been fulfilled, they have acquired the status of certainty that no sensible person can deny. 12. [TWELFTH] SIGN-Is the prophecy by Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsāªs concerning earthquakes and plague. As has been stated earlier, the advent of the Promised Messiah is certain to take place at that time. 2* 1. What is meant by it is that his family shall have Turkish blood in them. This prophecy finds fulfilment in our family-which is known as Mughals― because although the truth is, indeed what God said that this family is of Persian origin, it is certain and well known that many of our mothers and grandmothers are of Mughal lineage who are Chinese by origin; i. e. residents of China. (Author) 2. A priest writes that the plague and earthquakes are no proof of the advent of the Promised Messiah, for history shows that such earthquakes and such plagues have always occurred in the world. The reply to this is that, without doubt, these earthquakes and this plague in Punjab and India are extraor- dinary. No such occurrence is on record over the past hundreds of years. Quantitatively as well as qualitatively, this plague and these earthquakes are, indeed, most unusual. If the priest disagrees, he should quote some precedent. Besides, even if there have been plague, earthquakes, and wars in the world in the past, there was no claimant to being the Promised Messiah at that time. Therefore, now that a claimant to being the Messiah has appeared prior to such unusual earthquakes and the plague and all these Signs in conformity with those given in the Gospel have come to pass, why should he be rejected? True, the stars of heaven have not [literally] fallen upon the earth. You should ask astronomers if humans and animals could survive if the stars should fall on the earth. (Author)