Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 493
POSTSCRIPT [CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS] 493 suffered by the hearts of his heirs as a result of his death and they were filled with fear. Of course it is part of human nature that if two persons are the objects of the same calamity (that is impending) and one of them dies due to the descent of that calamity, then the person who is still alive, as well as his heirs, become extremely frightened and appre- hensive. Since this prophecy—like the prophecy about Ātham—was conditional, those people became deeply frightened and worried at the death of Ahmad Baig and they supplicated, gave alms and charity, and some of them wrote letters to me full of deep humility and respect which are still in my possession. As a result, God Almighty delayed the fulfilment of this prophecy in accordance with its condition. But the pity of it is that these people who raise a clamour about Ahmad Baig's son-in-law on every occasion and mention it in periodicals and newspapers, never mention the prophecy in a compre- hensive fashion with decency and honesty. They fail to mention in any publication that this prophecy had two limbs; one of which—namely, Ahmad Baig's death-had been duly fulfilled within the prescribed time frame. On the contrary, on every possible occasion and oppor- tunity—indeed, in every meeting, magazine, and newspaper—they always lament about Ahmad Baig's son-in-law and not about the one who actually died. Such 'decency' and 'honesty' is the exclusive prerog- ative of the present-day maulawis. Another similar objection they raise is that the humiliation of Maulawi Muḥammad Husain and his associates was foretold in one of the prophecies but he has not been humiliated. What a pity! 1. This Prophecy contained the conditional revelation which was printed and :meaning أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرْأَةُ تُوبِن تُوبِى فَإِنَّ الْبَلَاءَ عَلَى عَقِبِكِ published at the time, namely 'Woman, be penitent, be penitent, for the calamity is about to befall your daughter and the daughter's daughter. ' Accordingly, her daughter was visited by the calamity that her husband, Mirza Ahmad Baig, died; but after Ahmad Baig's death, her daughter's daughter, on account of fear, supplication, and almsgiving, was saved from the visitation by this calamity until such time as is in the knowledge of God Almighty alone. (Author)