Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 549
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 549 cut off. Hence, the sole purpose of the prophecy which God Almighty revealed to me was that in the end, Sa'dullah's bloodline would be ter- minated; consequently, its signs too became so manifest that despite the fact that since [the announcement of] the prophecy some twelve years have passed but neither he nor his son have been granted any son. Does this state of affairs not give at least some fragrance of the impact of the prophecy? Sa'dullah remained alive for about twelve years after the prophecy and all the while he did have a wife, but the process of having children was blocked very much like a dam is built to block a flood. And the son, who was present, and fifteen years of age at the time of the prophecy, came to be thirty years old, but could not even get married. Sa'dullāh was a robust young man, and was capable of having quite a number of sons born into his household after the prophecy, but no son was born to him who survived from the time of the prophecy until the day of his death, nor did his son have any children. Indeed, he is still deprived of marriage and it is said that he is perhaps thirty years old or even older. Thus, the prophecy has manifested its truth, because, subsequent to the prophecy, Allah the Exalted put a stop to the birth of offspring in Sa'dullah's household. Anyone possessing a grain of decency and dignity can understand that the cessation of the process of childbirth for the next twelve years starting immediately with the prophecy, and [ending with] the death of Sa'dullāh in this very condition, is no ordi- nary event that can be overlooked, particularly in view of the ill-fated Sa'dullah's declaration against me that I would be destroyed together with all my children and that nothing would remain of me, and that my Jama'at would disperse in utter disarray. God revealed to me concerning him that: إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْاَ بْتَرُ Meaning that, it will not be you who will become [abtar] but it will