Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 492
492 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION it will be determined through judges which side enjoys dominance and preponderance, and which prophecies of each party have been fulfilled. If after this test, my opponent party dominates and I am not proven to be dominant, I will be considered false; otherwise, it will be incumbent upon the people that they should, fearing God Almighty, give up the practice of rejection and denial and not ruin their afterlife by opposing one who has been commissioned by God. It should be borne in mind that their objections prove, if anything, that their hearts are replete with the dust and darkness of prejudice and their eyes are covered by the veils of malice and jealousy. Take, for instance, the repeated assertion that the prophecy concerning Deputy Ātham was not fulfilled. Is it an objection based on honesty that the prophecy concerning Ātham was not fulfilled? Is it not true that more than eleven years have passed since Ātham died and now there is no trace of him on the earth? That he did retract is borne out by as many as seventy witnesses when, right in the midst of the debate, he refrained from referring to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as the Dajjal. Furthermore, he continued to weep for as many as fifteen months. This prophecy was conditional as the proph- ecy had these words: provided he does not incline toward the truth. Since he retracted—and that, too, in the presence of witnesses, many of whom are still alive—is it a sign of any purity of heart not to desist, even until now, from raising objections? Similarly, out of sheer prejudice and ignorance, they object that the prophecy regarding Ahmad Baig's son-in-law has not been fulfilled. With a surprising lack of honesty, they do not so much as mention the name Ahmad Baig when raising this objection, nor what happened to him. Out of sheer mendacity, they highlight only one limb of the prophecy, while concealing the other; deliberately deceiving people. The truth of the matter is that this prophecy comprised of two limbs: one limb concerning Ahmad Baig and the other concerning Ahmad Baig's son-in-law. Ahmad Baig, in keeping with the [terms of] the prophecy, died within the prescribed time frame. Great shock was