Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 698
698 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION written: 'Tonight I received this revelation regarding the end of Mirza Sahib and the poor Muslims who follow him. ' And then, on page 172 appears this revelation: 'It is indeed something nice and welcome that it should be decided whether truth is on the side of Mirza Sahib. Then, on page 173 of 'Aṣā-e-Mūsā there is one of his revelations along with some introductory lines as follows: "This humble one is also taught اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَ أَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِيْنَ this prayer by way of revelation He translates this to mean that, 'May God Almighty adjudicate between me and him'; i. e. this humble one. Now the verdict that has been delivered is no secret. It is rather strange that his entire book is full of such 'revelations' that during his lifetime I shall be completely eradi- cated, my entire Jama'at will be scattered, the evil effect of the mubaha- lah shall be cast upon me, and that he will not die unless and until he witnesses my decline. And then his friends say that when he became ill with the plague, he received this revelation jji. e. now you are about to leave this world. Who is there whose heart does not cry out the departure-after contracting this deadly disease? الرَّحِيْلُ : According to the Arabic lexicon, the term ță'un itself means death. I will not interject anything; let the readers decide for themselves: First, Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh insisted vis-à-vis these revelations that he would live a very long life. For instance, ‘long life' and ‘survival for long' form part of the body of his revelation, and then it was said that the believers would immensely benefit from his long life. Then again, is the revela- tion that he will not die unless and until he first sees my death by the plague and witnesses my total annihilation. Yet again is the revelation that he would attain very great heights within the world as well, that the whole world would turn to him, he would be the lord and owner of gardens and orchards, and that through him Islam would make great progress. These were the earlier revelations with which his entire book Asa-e-Musa is full. But then, when he fell ill of the plague and, witness- ing the daily death tolls of hundreds, the certainty of his own death by plague became so stark and real, it was then that Bābū received the