Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 571
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 571 it one way or another. These people are at war with God Almighty. They fail to see that had this been a man-made scheme, it would not have been attended by such blessings. Can any honest person ascribe such actions to the God of Honour and Glory that He should grant a reprieve lasting thirty to thirty-two years to a person after his claiming to be the recipient of revelation, and bestow upon his movement pros- perity and progress day by day? At a time when he did not have even a single follower, He gave him the glad tiding that: Hundreds of thousands of people shall be made to enter your movement and people will give you hundreds of thousands of rupees and a variety of gifts and presents. Thousands of people will flock to you from distant places so much so that the roads they travel on will develop ruts in them and become scarred with ditches. You should not become weary on account of the abundance of visitors; be not impolite to them. God will spread your fame throughout the world and He will show manifest magnificent Signs in your support. God will not rest content until He has made truth distinct from falsehood. Your enemies will try hard and resort to all kinds of fabrication, deceit, and stratagems, but God will frustrate them in their designs; God shall be with you at every step and He will grant you success in every field. He shall consummate His light at your hands. A Warner came into the world, but the world did not accept him, but God shall accept him and manifest his truth with powerful assaults. I shall demonstrate My light and shall raise you with a demonstration of My power. I shall protect from every attack of your enemies even if the people do not save you. Even if people show no regard for your safety, I will certainly pro- you tect you. These are the revelations from more than thirty years ago and all of them have been published in Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya more than twen- ty-six years ago. This was a time when nobody knew me. I had no friend nor enemy, for I was, at that time, a mere nothing, just one from among the ordinary people, concealed in anonymity and obscurity. Then grad- ually things began to improve and all that had been prophesied some