Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 710
710 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION 'Being a frail human, I felt afraid that because of Mirza Sahib's displeas- ure I might suffer some loss. At this, I was reassured about my safety and security with this revelation: وَاللَّهُ خَيْرٌ حَافِظًا وَهُوَ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ فَسَلَامٌ لَّكَ Meaning that, God shall be your Protector and you shall remain in peace. You will not be visited by any chastisement of God. This is the revelation that Bābū claims to have received which reas- sured him that the curse of the opposing party—meaning, my hum- ble self would cause no harm to him and that he would remain safe. It seems it was this revelation that gave him the licence for using foul language and abuse that kept growing until it transgressed all bounds quite like a breach in the embankment of a river that devastates the surrounding habitations. It is a great pity that hundreds of Signs were fulfilled in his life- time but he failed to benefit from any of them. After witnessing each Sign or hearing its report from someone he invariably responded that Ātham did not die within the prescribed time frame and that Ahmad Baig's son-in-law was still alive whereas the revelation had said that the wedding of Ahmad Baig's daughter had been solemnized in heaven. Also, for his guidance, it was repeatedly recorded in [different] books that, in any case, Deputy Atham had died and that it was irrelevant whether he had died within the time frame or after it, the important fact was that he did indeed die. Furthermore, the prophecy was con- ditional. In other words, his death was linked to the conditions that he would not recant, but Ātham did recant during the middle of the very debate when he was told that the reason why I had to make the 1. It is a pity that none of his friends ponders that when 'God Almighty' had promised to protect him and that my becoming displeased with him would not cause him the least damage, then why did it so happen that he was caught by the plague? Where did that 'promised protection' go? (Author)