Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 457
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 165 457 him that within forty days God Almighty would show some Sign of mine. Accordingly, the forty days had not yet ended, when on 6 March 1897, the Sign of the death of Lekh Rām of Peshawar was manifested. At this, the Sheikh Najafi disappeared without a trace. See my public Announcement dated 1 February 1897. 165. [ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIFTH] SIGN-On the morning of 11 April 1900, the day of Idul-Adha [Eid al-Adha-the Festival of Sacrifices], I received a revelation: آج تم عربی میں تقریر کرو تمہیں قوت دی گئی Deliver an address in Arabic today, you have been bestowed the capacity. And this revelation was also received: كلام أفْصِحْتُ مِنْ لَّدُنْ رَّبِّ كَرِيمٍ [This discourse has been made eloquent by the Noble Lord. ] Meaning that, God has bestowed eloquence upon this discourse. Accordingly, this revelation was communicated right away to my dear, the Late Maulawi ‘Abdul-Karīm, my dear Maulawi Hakeem Noor Deen, Sheikh Raḥmatullāh, Muftī Muḥammad Ṣādiq, Maulawi Muhammad 'Ali M. A. , Master 'Abdur-Rahman, Master Sher Ali B. A. , Hafiz Abdul 'Ali, and many other friends. Then, I stood up after Ïd Prayer to deliver the Ïd sermon in the Arabic language. And God Almighty knows that a power was given to me from the unseen and such an eloquent address in Arabic was proceeding forth from my mouth extemporaneously that was quite beyond my capability. I cannot imagine that, except through special divine revelation, anyone in the world can deliver extempore, without writing it down on a piece of paper, a speech that comprises many sec- tions, with this degree of eloquence and clarity.