Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 521
REMEDY FOR PLAGUE-CHARĀGH DIN'S DECLARATION WHEN AHMADI 521 but their repentance will not be accepted. Nations will cry before God but will not be heard. The world shall turn to God, but the outcome will be despair, as is said [in the Holy Quran] There will رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ الَى لَهُمُ الذِكْرَى وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ come a time when this affliction will spread throughout the world. This catastrophe shall be worldwide. No town or village, except as Allah wills, shall be immune. Rather, the plague shall be rampant even in the rivers and forests. At that time people will try to find a place to flee but will find none. As is said [in On that day يَقُولُ الْإِنْسَانُ يَوْمَيذٍ اَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ كَلَّا لَا وَزَرَ [the Holy Quran man will say, "Whither to escape?" Nay! There is no refuge!'] Because it is the fire of God's wrath, it will not die down until it fulfils its purpose and wreaks vengeance on the opponents of God. Therefore, out of sympathy for mankind of which my heart is full, I hereby warn all of God's creation that before this calamity assumes worldwide proportions and decimates with its poison even the jungles and the rivers, and before this fire of the wrath of God gets ready to reduce the world to ashes, repent and implement what will safeguard you, which is as follows: 1. Believe God to be One; repent of all shirk [association of partners with God], disbelief, and sin. Demolish all apparent and hidden images and idols from your heart and place your reliance only on the One God. 2. Believe in all the true Prophets and all the heavenly Scriptures in general, and in the Arabian Prophet Muḥammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and the Holy Quran in par- ticular, and engage yourself, with sincerity of heart, to follow Islam―the perfect and living religion of Allah the Exalted. 3. By sincerely accepting the claim of His Holiness the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, to be the divinely appointed Imam