Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 700
700 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION God] or a polytheist, righteous or sinful, truthful or liar, can receive such a revelation in their dying moments. It is to this very issue that the following verse draws our attention: وَ إِنْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَبِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ Meaning that, there is no one out of the People of the Book who, before his death, fails to believe in the Holy Prophets or Haḍrat ‘Īsā [Jesus]. It is recorded in the books of exegesis that the People of the Book receive this revelation when they are going through the agonies of death or are at death's door. Evidently, they happen to believe only when God reveals to them that a particular Prophet is true. But this revelation does not make them the Elect of God. However, this indeed is the divine practice that when death is imminent, most people tend to see a dream or receive a revelation. It is not exclusive to any particular religion nor is there the requirement that one be righteous and a doer of good. Then, on page 180 of his book Aşa-e-Musā, Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh writes: I too am commanded through revelation to be the helmsman of the ark and after I was commanded by revelation to get the بِسْمِ اللَّهِ مَجْرِيهَا وَ مُرسَهَا إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيْمٌ ark ready, it was revealed to me [In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly Most Forgiving, Merciful]. This was followed by Surely, those] إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوْا إِنَّهُمْ لَمُغْرَقُوْنَ another revelation, namely who are wrongdoers will be drowned]. By the grace and benev- olence of God Almighty I am sure about the fulfilment of this revelation. In addition, I have also received this revelation a 1. 2* سَارِيْهِمْ آيَاتِي فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْنَ number of times 1. Surah an-Nisa', 4:160 [Publisher] 2. On the one hand Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh writes: 'I do not consider my revela- tions to be certain for they may well be satanic. Yet he is so definitely hopeful