Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 560
560 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION with the prophecy. It was also in regard to Sa'dullāh that after receiving the revelation from God Almighty I wrote the following announce- ment promising a reward of 3,000 rupees which was published on 5 October 1894, on page 12 of my book Anwarul-Islām. It is as follows: Go on quarrelling with the truth. Ultimately―O corpse!— you 1 will behold what will be your end. O enemy of Allah! You are not fighting with me; you are fighting with God. I swear by God that just now on 29 September 1894, I have received this revelation about you: إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْاَ بْتَرُ The translation of this revealed phrase is that Sa'dullāh, who designates you [abtar] and claims that your line of descent and other blessings will be cut off—this will certainly not come to pass; indeed, he himself shall remain [abtar]—issueless. It must be borne in mind that in the Arabic language, the expression is never used except in the case of a confrontation. Use of this expression is permitted only when someone else has already pro- nounced one as [abtar] and then in rebuttal, such a one may be pro- nounced as [abtar]. So this expression bears witness to the fact that Sa'dullah used to call me [abtar-issueless] and desired that I should die in his presence, bereft of all bounties and blessings-issueless and without any lineal descendant. Thus, God made him suffer that which he petitioned God for me. [abtar] and I was not the first to wish that he should die unsuccessful, nor did I desire that he should die in my lifetime, but when he became the first to spew such things and blatantly published his prophecy about my death in his book Shahāb-e-Thāqib, and caused me immense pain and exceeded all limits in agonizing me, then after four years when I prayed to God about him, He informed me of his death. And God said: