Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 589
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 589 rain. According to an official report last week, crops in parts of District Gurgaon were damaged somewhat by hail storms. Tonight, the rain was accompanied by thunder and cracks of lightning but the cloud cover continues to be seen as heavy. Such heavy rain poses a threat of damage to the houses in the town also. Roads have been damaged severely and paved sur- faces turned into muddy swamps. Water can be seen all over the fields and plains. Trees stand washed clean, beautiful as a bride, green and lovely as if they have just been dressed in new garments. In these days such rains have been bestowed after many a year. (In this sentence the newspaper has borne witness to the fact that these have been extraordinary rains. ) The truth is that even in the summer, during the rainy season, such rains are rarely seen. These are the strange and wonderful miracles of God Almighty-this season and this state of affairs! It must be borne in mind that this newspaper is owned by a Hindu gentleman; it is issued from Lahore. It seems that Allah the Exalted has been pleased to cause his pen and tongue to so very faithfully state these things as a testimony in favour of my prophecy. And then again, in the same Akhbār-e-'Ām on page 6 of its issue dated 26 February 1907, appears this news item: Although winter this year seemed rather lazy and we had lost all hope, by the end of January (i. e. by spring) it came into its own and started to make its presence felt. In this month the win- ter has never manifested such an amazing phenomenon. From the end of January until today, matters came to such a point 1. This proves that this rain was a global rain. What was so unusual about this was not only that it rained so heavily in the spring that it even exceeded the rainfall of the monsoon season, but also that despite it being the season of spring, it rained throughout the country whereas this does not happen even during the rainy season. (Author)