Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 531
REMEDY FOR PLAGUE-CHARĀGH DIN'S DECLARATION WHEN AHMADI 531 Thirdly, through His revelation, God has commanded me to invite nations to the deliverance from the plague. Fourthly, God sent down bright heavenly bodies to this humble one, by way of support to the Holy Imam of the Age. Fifthly, by His Holiness, I was granted the exalted office of being his attendant and attorney. Sixthly, I was bestowed the service of inviting nations to enter into the covenant of bai'at with His Holiness. In the face of such self-evident arguments, is there: any possibil- ity to doubt that I am entitled to be one of the supporters of His Holiness mentioned in the hadith and true dreams? No, not at all. Of course, I confess I do not have the scholarly or financial where- withal to reasonably claim to be a helper of His Holiness for, on both these counts, I find myself still unequipped and lacking. But I have faith in the promises and reassurances accorded to me by God that He will certainly bring this about. Rather, I hereby declare, with full certainty, that I shall not be made to leave this world until I fully carry out the service allotted to this humble one. Because His will and promises cannot be thwarted, I, therefore claim with self-assur- ance that I am the Messenger of the Promised Messiah's glorious advent. It is because hitherto the Promised Messiah's advent had been compassionate in nature and henceforth his coming shall be glorious in nature. In other words, people were persuaded and made to understand things, until now, in a gentle manner. But now God Almighty shall warn by means of His glorious and wrathful recourse, and it is to announce this very fact that I have been appointed. [Author Charagh Din]