Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 375
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 127 375 deny, is Mir Abbās ‘Ali's notebook in which he has inscribed my prophecy in his own hand (which has been fulfilled); it is still availa- ble. I saw once in my dream after his death that he was dressed in black clothes from head to toe. He was standing at a distance of about 100 paces from me and begged me for something as assistance. I answered him, “The time is now past. Now there is a great distance between me and you. You cannot reach me. ' 127. [ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVENTH] SIGN-A person of the name of Sehaj Rām was the Reader in the Court of the Commissioner at Amritsar. Prior to that, he had been the Reader to the Deputy Commissioner at Sialkot. He was often engaged in religious discussions with me. By his very nature, he carried a grudge against Islam. It so happened that my elder brother, who had appeared in the competitive examination for the post of Teḥşildar and had been successful, was still at home in Qadian awaiting his assignment to a post. One day, at the time of Asr [the afternoon Prayer] I was occupied with reading the Holy Quran in the upper chambers of the house. As I was about to turn over to the next page, in that very condition I expe- rienced a state of vision. I saw Sehaj Rām dressed in black and standing before me in a tone of great humility and supplication as if trying to persuade me to intercede for him that he might be shown mercy. I said to him, 'Now there is no time for mercy'; and simultaneously, Allah the Almighty made me understand that Sehaj Rām had expired at that very moment, but no information had yet been conveyed about it. Thereafter, I descended from my room and found that my brother was sitting in the company of six or seven people and their conversation related to the matter of my brother's assignment to a post. I said, 'Should Pandit Sehaj Rām die, that post is also good. Those present burst out in laughter upon hearing my statement and said, 'Why do you wish the death of a person who is hale and hearty?' On the second or third day, the news arrived that Sehaj Rām had died suddenly at that very hour.