Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 303
POSTSCRIPT SIGN NUMBER 87 303 too shall be a Sayyed. This revelation was a prophecy about my mar- riage. It made me anxious as to how I would meet the expenses of the marriage, for I had no money at the time, and how I would be able to bear the lifelong burden of this responsibility. I prayed to Allah the Almighty that I do not have the capacity to bear these expenses. Thereupon, I received the revelation: و آنچه در کار شما باشد عطائے آں کنم ہر چہ باید نو عروسی را ہمہ ساماں Meaning that, I shall provide whatever you need for the marriage, and I shall grant you whatever you need from time to time. And this is how it happened. To meet all the necessary expenses per- taining to the marriage, Munshī ‘Abdul-Ḥaqq, Accountant at Lahore, advanced me a loan of 500 rupees and another gentleman, Hakim Muḥammad Sharif of Kalanaur, who practised medicine at Amritsar, lent me 200 or 300 rupees. Munshi 'Abdul-Haqq, the Accountant, reminded me at the time that marriage in India was tantamount to keeping an elephant at one's door. I told him that God had already undertaken [to bear] these expenses. Then, after marriage, the series of victories began. There was a time when I found it hard to maintain a household of five or seven persons owing to my meagre sources of income. But now, on an average, some 300 persons with their spouses and children, along with many of the poor and indigent, are fed daily at my community kitchen. This prophecy was communicated beforehand to Lālah Sharampat and Malāwāmal, both of whom are Āryas residing in Qadian. Sheikh Hamid 'Ali and some other acquaintances were also informed of it. And I do not think Munshi ‘Abdul-Ḥaqq Accountant of Lahore will withhold the evidence [about the prophecy] even though he belongs, at this time, to the coterie of opponents. [And Allah knows best].