Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 434
434 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION written so that it would make manifest the proofs that Islam possesses, and the foremost among its convincing arguments are heavenly Signs which have nothing to do with the human power. Therefore it was essential that as many heavenly Signs be recorded in it as would suffice to clinch the argument vis-à-vis the enemy. As it was promised to docu- ment three hundred heavenly Signs in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, God was pleased to will the fulfilment of those words. The opponents, out of ignorance, continued to clamour and falsely accuse me to have stopped the publication of Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya forever to misappropriate people's money; however, what I have described is the very wisdom for the delay in the publication of Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya. I am certain that no reasonable person would deny this, but only those will who are bereft of faith and honesty. وَسَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَتَى مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ Allah the Almighty says in the Holy Quran: وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ لَا نُزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةٌ كَذلِكَ لِنُنَيْتَ بِهِ فَؤَادَكَ Meaning that, the disbelievers ask why the Holy Quran did not descend all at once. It had to be this way so that We would comfort your heart from time to time, and so that those truths and verities which are con- nected to time should be manifested only at their own time, because it becomes difficult to understand something before its due time. Due to this wisdom, God revealed the Holy Quran over a period of twenty-three years so that during that period the promised Signs would also become manifest. Therefore, I believe that before twenty-three 1. And the wrongdoers will soon know to what place of return they shall return (Surah ash-Shu'ara, 26:228). [Publisher] 2. Surah al-Furqan, 25:33 [Publisher]