Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 556
556 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Couplets of Sa'dullah and, therefore, he would die an ignominious death and that his Jama'at would disintegrate and scatter. He had employed the most abusive language in conveying this news. Therefore, Allah the Exalted, whose indignation is aroused when the honour of the truthful is threatened, caused his prophecy to recoil upon him. The ill-fated Sa'dullah had named his book Shahāb-e-Thāqib bar Masīḥ-e-Kādhib which means that fire shall descend upon this false Messiah¹ and destroy him. The prophecy he made about me consists of some Persian couplets and it is as follows: بے رونقی و سلسلہ ہائے مزوری اخذ یمین و قطع وتین است بهر تو آخر بروز حشر و بایں دار خاسری اکنون باصطلاح شما نام ابتلا است The translation of these verses-which he addresses to me in his book-is the following: It has been ordained by God that He would seize you and cut your jugular vein and then, after your death, this, your false Movement, will be destroyed. And although you people say that trials do indeed come, on the Day of Judgment and even in this world you will die a death of loss and frustration. And then after writing the Quranic verse he says: You will suffer humiliation everywhere and there is no honour for you here or in the Hereafter. It is evident from these words what he desired for me and he carried 1. Plague too is a kind of fire, and this is the fire that killed Sa'dullah. (Author) 2. If he had falsely attributed even a trivial statement to Us (Sūrah al-Ḥāqqah, 69:45). [Publisher]