Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 321
POSTSCRIPT―SIGN NUMBER IOI 321 flood over the insignificant seed that I was—would yet have survived all these calamities? This seed, by the grace of God, was not to be wasted. On the contrary, it sprouted and grew and flourished and stands today as a giant tree under whose shade rest as many as 300,000 people. Such are the Works of God that transcend human comprehension. God can- not be defeated by anyone. O people! Will you not, for once, display a sense of shame before God? Can you produce any such precedent from the life of an impostor? Had this been a human enterprise, there was no need at all for you to oppose and take so much trouble to kill me; God alone was sufficient to destroy me. When the plague broke out in the country, many peo- ple claimed that this man [i. e. me] would be killed by the plague. But awe-striking is the providence of God that all those people—one and all-themselves died of the plague; whereas, addressing me, God said: 'I shall protect you, and the plague shall not come close to you. ' Indeed, He also told me to tell people: 'Do not threaten us with fire (i. e. the plague). Fire is our servant; nay rather, it is the servant of our servants. ' He also said to me: 'I shall stand guard over this house of yours; and everyone who is within these four walls, shall remain immune from the plague. ' This is exactly what happened. In this vicinity everyone knows that entire villages were wiped out by the ravages of the plague and all around us it was like Doomsday, but God kept us safe. IOI. ONE-HUNDRED FIRST SIGN—In 1904 when I was travelling to Jhelum in connection with Karam Dīn's criminal case, I received the revelation: أُرِيْكَ بَرَكَاتٍ مِّنْ كُلِّ طَرَفٍ. Meaning that: 'I shall show you my blessings in every aspect. This revelation was immediately communicated to the entire Jama'at and was even published in the newspaper al-Ḥakam. This prophecy