Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 542
542 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION was ready to take this inauspicious event to its conclusion within a few days, but the Angel of Death intervened and took hold of him. This observation on the part of Maulawi Thana'ullāh is quite understandable because some of my followers had repeatedly reproached him by saying, 'Some thirteen years ago, the Promised Messiah had received the following revelation about you: إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْاَ بْتَرُ Meaning that, your foul-mouthed opponent Sa'dullah's lineal succession shall be cut off. Then, why do you not marry your son with someone to allow your lineal succession to continue?' It is, therefore, quite probable that in the face of such persistent reproaches, Sa'dullāh might have made some wedding arrangements for his son. But the arrangements for the wedding were still being made when Sa'dullah's time arrived to depart for the next world. Hence, the death of Sa'dullah as soon as he started talking of [his son's] 'marriage' is, indeed, a disappointment. Therefore, there can be no doubt that he died a death of disappointment in accordance with my prophecy. And without a doubt, this is a disgraceful death and he could not ward off— try as he did the intent of the prophecy that his lineal succession would not continue; nor was he able to defy the prophecy through any power [of his own] that he would die during my lifetime; and that, too, after witnessing my multifaceted progress. As for Maulawi Thana'ullah's excuse published in his newspaper dated 8 February 1907 in which he asserts that since Sa'dullah had left behind a son, how can he be called 'issueless, this is the kind of state- ment that exposes that he is either suffering from self-deception or is deliberately trying to deceive others; for any sensible person can easily comprehend that what Allah the Exalted had disclosed to me through His revealed Word is not a statement about Sa'dullah's pre-existing condition. Also, everyone knows that at the time when the prophecy was announced Sa'dullāh's fifteen or fourteen year old son was alive but