Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 456
456 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION that in the end, I would be acquitted. When the calamity became evi- dent in accordance with this prophecy and Dr. Martyn Clark filed the murder case against me, and witnesses testified, and the case took an ominous turn, I received the revelation: مخالفوں میں پھوٹ اور ایک شخص متنافس کی ذلت اور اہانت Disagreement among your opponents and the humiliation and disgrace of one who is prone to rivalry. Therefore, by the grace of God Almighty it so happened that the oppo- nents became divided and 'Abdul-Ḥamīd, who was the informant in the murder case and had originally deposed that he had been sent [by me] to kill [Dr. Clark], confessed the true scenario after being sepa- rated from the other opponents, as a result of which I was acquitted. Also, a 'distinguished' prosecution witness had to suffer humiliation and disgrace in the court and in this way this prophecy was fulfilled. It is an occasion to be thankful that there are more than three hundred witnesses to this prophecy and the prophecy of the acquittal. 163. [ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THIRD] SIGN―A maulawi, while writ- ing footnotes to the book Nibras written by the author of Zamurrud, ميرزا غُلَامُ أَحْمَدَ وَحِزْبُهُ كَسَّرَهُمُ الله تَعَالى prayed against me in the following words Meaning that, may God break this man, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and his group. But he had not yet completed his footnotes when that Maulawi, Nur Ahmad, along with his helping brother, Nur Muḥammad—both of whom were sons of Maulawi Khuda Yār—passed away. [On the other hand,] God granted me three more sons. 164. [ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOURTH] SIGN-Once a man from the Shi'ahs, who made himself known as Sheikh Najafi, came to Lahore and began to stir an uproar against me and demanded a Sign. Through the publication of an announcement dated 1 February 1897, I promised