Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 341
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 119 341 advocate were concerned, we knew that there was no chance of success, for the old decree established the possession of Imām-ud-Din. And Imām-ud-Din had such an evil intention that he would resist and hurl abuses in the courtyard in front of our house where our visitors yakkās [horse-drawn carriages] arrived. What is worse, he had also planned that after our case had been dismissed, he would erect a long wall in front of the doors of our house in order to besiege us like prisoners and make it impossible for us to exit our houses or go out. These were days of great anxiety for us, so much so that the situation described in the following verse applied to us perfectly: 1 ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحْبَتْ. It was a calamity that had appeared out of nowhere. Thus, supplication was made in the court of Allah and help was sought from Him. Then, after the supplication, I received the revelation which fol- lows. These revelations are not of different times, but were revealed together at one time. I remember that at that time, Sayyed Faḍl Shāh of Lahore, brother of Sayyed Nāṣir Shāh, an overseer stationed at Baramulla, Kashmir, was kneading my feet. It was noon time when this series of revelations relating to the case pertaining to the wall began. I told Sayyed [Faḍl Shāh] that this revelation was about the lawsuit relating to the wall and he should write it down as it was revealed. He therefore took the pen and paper. It so happened that every time divine revelation would come sentence by sentence while a state of drowsi- ness overtook as is the way of God—and after one sentence was com- pleted and written down, drowsiness would recur and the next sen- tence of divine revelation would flow from my tongue, until the entire 1. The earth seemed too narrow for them despite all its vastness (Surah at-Taubah, 9:118). [Publisher]