Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 389
POSTSCRIPT SIGN NUMBER 136 389 kinds of incontrovertible arguments would become manifest without human effort or artifice. Killing the disbelievers with his breath means that the disbelievers will perish because of the Promised Messiah's breath; that is, his atten- tion. The appearance of the Promised Messiah as if he has just come out of the bath after taking a bath, with drops of bathwater, quite like pearls, dripping from his head, means that through his repeated repentance and supplication the Promised Messiah will keep refreshing his relationship with God as if he bathes all the time and the pure drops of the pure bath drip from his head like pearls-not that he has something supernatural in him, contrary to human nature. Certainly not! Certainly not! Have people not already witnessed the [dire] conse- quences of a supernatural phenomenon attributed to ‘Īsā bin Maryam, which turned tens of millions of people into the fuel of Hellfire! Do you still cherish the spectacle that contrary to [normal] human prac- tice, Īsā should descend from heaven, angels accompanying him, and kill people with his breath and drops should drip from his body like pearls? In short, my interpretation of the dripping of pearl-like drops from the Promised Messiah's body, is correct. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw gold bangles on his wrists. Did it only mean ‘gold bangles'? Similarly the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw cows being slaughtered; did it only mean 'cows'? No, not at all; rather, they meant something quite different. Similarly, for the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to see the Promised Messiah as if he comes just after having his bath and the drops of the bath trickle down from his head like pearls, means that the latter would seek forgiveness and turn [to God] much and his contact with God would always remain refreshed as if he were bathing con- stantly, and the pure drops of pure penitence were dripping from his head like beads of pearls. In another hadith, too, turning to God is likened to taking a bath. For instance, referring to the beauties of Prayer, the Holy Prophet,