Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 578
578 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION of forewarning can be averted and have always been averted!¹* It seems that these people have no faith in Allah the Exalted. There is certainly a limit [to such audacity and denial] and to cross this limit is a sure Sign of impending chastisement from Allah the Exalted. I keep wondering how the plague is running rampant throughout our environs, how God has warned of very serious earthquakes, and how Signs of the Day of Judgment are being manifested, but I cannot understand why these people are still not fearful. ²* This is why I was impelled to write today, that if Maulawi Thana'ullāh of Amritsar does not desist from his audacity, the only remedy is that he should ask for a mubahalah. It is also his misfortune that, arrogantly relying on some contradictory aḥādīth, he denies the fresh Signs of God Almighty3** 1. Today on the morning of Thursday, 28 February 1907 I received this reve- severe earthquake came ] سخت زلزلہ آیا اور آج بارش بھی ہو گی. خوش آمدی نیک آمدی. :lation and it will also rain today. Your arrival is a source of joy; your arrival is source of blessings. ] (Author) 2. I swear in the name of Allah the Exalted, and declare that, in the context of my own person and about my friends, by way of prophecy, God forewarned of an imminent catastrophe this morning which was averted in the evening because of fervent prayers, and I was given the glad tiding that, 'We have averted the catastrophe. ' Therefore, if my enemies only have these arguments with which to reject me, then they should know that there are hundreds of examples of such incidents in my own life and in the lives of my dear ones. What is amazing is that my opponents forget all those incidents which they themselves study in the commentaries of the Holy Quran and in the aḥādīth. For instance, it is recorded in their acknowledged commentaries that there was an Israelite king about whom the Prophet of that time had prophesied that he would die within fifteen days. Upon hearing this prophecy that king cried and wept so much that the Prophet again received another revelation that: 'I have changed his fifteen days into fifteen years. ' This prophecy is still recorded in the Bible. Anyone who desires may consult it. (Author) 3. It must be borne in mind that it is completely false to claim that the aḥā- dith testify to the [physical] descent of Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā as from the skies because authentic hadith prove that the Messiah who is to come shall be raised from among this very Ummah. Why then resort to the artificiality of bringing down Ḥadrat 'Īsā from the heavens and make him enter the rank and file of the Ummah and dismiss him from his erstwhile Prophethood? Can Allah