Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 695
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 695 dreds of thousands of rupees in cash and all manner of gifts. Indeed a veritable sea of diverse types of God's grace is flowing, and, apart from this, God has manifested thousands of Signs in my support. Hardly a month passes without any Sign. Indeed, God Himself has drawn the sword to confront the enemies on my behalf. Whoever filed any case against me in any court was forced to face ignominy and defeat, and whoever entered into a mubahalah contest with me, died or suffered great humiliation. Hence, by way of specimen, such Signs of divine suc- cour have been incorporated into the present book, Ḥaqiqatul-Waḥi. Now let those with a sense of justice tell me whether this revelation of Bābū Ilāhi Bakhsh proved true that the result of the mutual invocation of divine curse between myself and him would be that I would exclu- sively deserve death and destruction and that he would succeed in the fulfilment of all his designs? Was the result of the mubahalah in his favour or in my favour, and was the evil effect of the [mula'anah or 'invocation of curse'] averted from him or from me? O readers for God's sake!-reflect upon this so that God may reward you. But in any case God Almighty has not yet ceased to show the Signs of His help and succour. And I swear by Him that He will not cease until He has demonstrated my truthfulness to the whole world. Listen all of you who can hear me! Be fearful of God and do not trans- gress the limits set by Him. Were this a human scheme, God would have destroyed me and not a trace of all this, my work, would have been left. But you have seen for yourselves how the help and succour of God Almighty continues to be with me. So many Signs have been manifested for me as defy counting. Look at the number of my enemies who perished after entering into a mubähalah [prayer duel] against me. O creatures of God! Do pause and think—is this the way God deals with liars? Some ignorant people say that Ātham did not die within his prescribed period. Yet they know that he died and I am still alive. Furthermore, prophecies of wa'id-in which a prophecy is made of divine punishment to befall someone-are not necessarily fulfilled