Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 721
A SHINING SIGN-SIGN NUMBER 198 721 3. THIRD type of objections relates to matters which consisted of interpretive judgement, but the critics first accorded them the sta- tus of the Word of God and then later claimed that the prophecy was not fulfilled. This being the case, it is evident that no Prophet can remain safe from their verbal attacks. I have repeatedly announced that even if all my opponents from the east and the west jointly try, they cannot raise any objection against me which was not earlier raised against one or the other of the past Prophets. They always face humiliation because of their connivances and yet they do not discard them. On the other hand, God Almighty is showing so many Signs in my favour that if they had been shown in the days of Nūḥ, those people would not have drowned. But to whom can I compare such people? They are like the inherently stub- born person who, even upon seeing a bright sunny day, insists that it is night, not day. God Almighty warned them of the plague beforehand, saying: الأَمْرَاضُ تُشَاعُ وَالنُّفُوْسُ تُضَاعُ [Diseases will be spread and lives will be lost. ] But they paid no heed to this Sign. Then God warned them of an extraordinary earthquake, destined to hit this country on 4 April 1905. It did, of course, occur, resulting in hundreds of deaths, but these peo- ple similarly did not care in the least for this Sign. Then God warned that yet another earthquake would occur in the spring. It also came but these people ignored it as well. Then God warned of a ball of fire which duly appeared on 31 March 1907 and its peculiar shape was wit- nessed for nearly 1,000 miles; still, these people learnt no lesson from it. Then God forewarned that it would rain heavily in the season of spring and there would be heavy snow and hailstorms accompanied by intense cold, but no one even cared to raise an eye towards this mighty Sign. Then God forewarned of another earthquake to take place during