Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 329
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 109 329 109. [ONE HUNDRED-NINTH] SIGN-The Sign that has already been published in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, is as follows: وَ كَذَلِكَ مَنَنَّا عَلَى يُوْسُفَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَ الْفَحْشَاءَ. لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنْذِرَ أَبَاؤُهُمْ فَهُمْ غَفِلُونَ. See Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya page 555¹. (Translation): 'Thus did We favour this Yūsuf [Joseph] with Our Signs so that We may save him from the vices and faults which will be ascribed to him. We shall do this to enable you to warn the negligent through the grandeur of those Signs, for the truth is that people are moved only by the words of those whom God Himself invests with eminence and distinction. Here, God Almighty named me Yūsuf. This, in fact, is a proph- ecy that means that just as Yūsuf's brothers caused much distress to Yūsuf on account of their ignorance and left no stone unturned to kill him, God says that the same will happen here as well, and indicates that these people who are my brethren in faith will also hatch big plots to kill and destroy (me), but will eventually fail. God will make them realize that He has adorned the one they wish to humiliate with the crown of honour. Then, it will become evident to many that they were in the wrong, as He says in another revelation: يَخِرُّوْنَ عَلَى الْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا . رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا خَاطِئِينَ. تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَثَرَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا وَ إِنْ كُنَّا لَخَاطِئِينَ. لَا تَثْرِيْبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ. وَ هُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ. Meaning that: They will fall in prostration with their chins on the 1. This reference text appears in the 2016 English translation of Barahin- e-Ahmadiyya, Part 4, Sub-Footnote Number Four, pages 442-443, and also Ruhani Khazā'in, vol. 1, Sub-Footnote Number Four, pages 661-662, published in 2008. [Publisher]