Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 470
470 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION in that circle. Early next morning my son ‘Abdul-Majid fell ill. The slightest sound or noise caused terrible convulsions. His face would turn blue due to asphyxiation from the spasm of respira- tory muscles and appeared as if his breathing would stop at any time. Since all had witnessed the condition of the Şubedar's son, everyone said that the boy was about to die. I, the writer, too considered the boy medically as good as dead. On the other hand, I observed the taunting remarks of the opponents that it was the consequence of ignoring the elders and not joining in the circle. In short, this stress made me miserable. Thereupon I fell prostrate and began to pray, saying: 'O Merciful God, who helps the helpless and humble, and who has mercy on the sinner! You know that my enemies are jubilant today simply because I believe your Messenger and Emissary Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to be the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. Therefore, O God, my Lord! Grant You health to this boy, so that this corpse, by his revival, may be a Sign for the truth of the Messiah of Muḥammad. ' After this prayer, those alarming signs began to subside, until, in a few days, he was restored to full health, alhamdulillah [all praise belongs to Allah]. This Sign has been witnessed by everyone in our village. Even the worst of our opponents dare not deny that; indeed, all the symptoms peculiar to this disease were present in the illness of my dear son 'Abdul-Majid. To be bitten by the rabid dog and then the death of the son of the Șubedar with the same symptoms due to the infection from the same dog-all this had been directly witnessed by the people of the village. Yet they are so steeped in bias and bigotry that they never cease to oppose us. O God's dear Messenger! Allah has been so Merciful to me, the sinful, and, out of sheer grace has He demonstrated, in my own house, the miracle of restoring the dead to life. Do pray that Allah Almighty may grant us and the rest of our brethren