Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 345
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 119 345 This was a prophecy that was made at a time when the opponents confidently claimed that the suit would surely be dismissed. With regard to me, they said that they would torment me by building the wall in front of all the doors of my house such as to make me a vir- tual prisoner. As I have just mentioned, God informed me through this prophecy: 'I shall bring to light a fact because of which the conquered would become the conqueror and the one who is the conqueror would become the conquered. ' This prophecy had been publicised so widely that some mem- bers of our Jama'at committed it to memory. Hundreds knew about it and wondered how it would come to pass. In short, no one can deny that this prophecy had been widely publicised beforehand, even months before the judgment. Having been published in the newspa- per al-Hakam, its news had reached people who lived far-off in the country. Then came the day of judgment. Our opponents were jubilant that day that the order of the dismissal of the suit would be announced. They said that, from then on, they would find an opportunity to torment me in every conceivable manner. That indeed was the day when the true import of the statement of the prophecy that 'it is a matter concealed with which the case would turn around and it will be revealed in the end', was to be exposed. It so happened that on that day our lawyer, Khwājah Kamāl-ud- Din, thought of examining the index; i. e. the appendix of the old file which contains a summary of the essential orders. When it was examined, what was discovered in it was something entirely unex- pected. That is, the certified copy of the order of the competent authority was discovered, to the effect that this land was not under the possession of Imām-ud-Dīn alone, but also of Ghulam Murtada; my father. i. e. When this information was presented to the [presiding] judge, he ordered the index to be produced forthwith and, upon consulting it, the truth became evident to him. Therefore, he straightaway passed a