Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 609
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 2 609 As I have already written, this man died one year and three months after the publication of his book. Now every wise person can ponder that a mubahalah is the method in Islam to obtain a decisive verdict on an issue. Thus, when Ḥakīm Ḥāfiz Muḥammad Din labelled me an impostor in this book of his and assigned me the appellation [‘the sinful liar'], and then again on page 63 of his book, he wrote the following verse applying it to me 1* وَيْلٌ لِّكُلِّ أَفَّاكِ أَثِيْمٍ يَسْمَعُ أَيْتِ اللَّهِ تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ. meaning: Curse be ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَانْ لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيْمٍ. upon the sin- ful impostor who hears the verses of God and, out of arrogance, insists upon denying them as if he heard nothing. Thus, warn him of a painful chastisement. ' Therefore, by writing these verses, this man named Muḥammad Dīn means to imply that I am [the sinful liar] and that in his lifetime I shall indeed be chastised through a painful punishment. On the contrary, Allah the Exalted delivered the verdict on who the sinful liar is through his death. 7. SEVENTH SIGN [196]-On the morning of 28 February 1907, I received the following revelation: Verses as quoted by Hakim Hafiz Muḥammad Din سخت زلزلہ آیا اور آج بارش بھی ہوگی خوش آمدی نیک آمدی A severe earthquake came and it will also rain today. Your arrival is a source of joy; your arrival is a source of blessing. This prophecy was announced to the Community early in the morning. There was no sign of rain at the time the prophecy was announced and there was not even a trace of clouds in the sky. The sun was shining 1. This word of the Quranic verse has been written incorrectly by this man on account of his lack of knowledge of the Holy Quran. The correct reading is (Author) يَسْمَعُ أَيْتِ اللهِ تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ 2. Surah al-Jathiyah, 45:8-9 [Publisher]