Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 418
418 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION tichi means 'appointed time' or 'the one who comes exactly at the time of need. Thereupon I woke up. After that, by God's grace, monetary donations poured in by post and by hand in such great abundance as was beyond expectation and imagination. Thousands of rupees were received. Anyone interested in verifying this only has to review the postal record from 5 March 1905 through the end of the year; he will see how much money was received. It should be borne in mind that this is the way of God Almighty with me that most of the time He informs me beforehand through rev- elation or dream when I am about to receive cash or presents etc. Signs of this kind must number more than 50,000. 148. [ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHTH] SIGN-Once it so happened that I was perusing the poetry of Ni'matullah Wali in which he has given the news of my advent through a prophecy, has even mentioned my name, and has foretold that the Promised Messiah would appear at the end of the thirteenth century [of the Hijrah]. Moreover, he has written this couplet concerning me: ہر دو را شہسوار می بینم مهدی وقت و عیسی دوران Meaning that the one who is destined to come will be both the Mahdi and ‘Īsā; both names will apply to him and he will make claims of both kinds. At the time when I was reciting this couplet, exactly while reading, I received this revelation: از پئے آں محمد احسن را روزگار تارک می بینم Meaning that, I see that Maulawi Sayyad Muḥammad Aḥsan of Amroha has given up his employment that he had in Bhopal State so as to present himself to the Promised Messiah appointed by God and to strive in support of his claim. This was a prophecy that was very clearly fulfilled afterwards as the distinguished Maulawi Ṣāḥib, with great