Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 735
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 735 Such are the objections that the Jews and the disbelievers raise against Hadrat Isa, and the Christians raise [similar objections] against the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. It was therefore necessary that they be raised against me, but, God has sup- ported me with thousands of Signs in a way that very few of the earlier Prophets were supported. Even then, those whose hearts are sealed do not, in the least, benefit from the Signs¹* of God. For Bābū Ilāhi Bakhsh's friends this constituted a bright Sign that though Bābū Ṣāḥib, in his book ‘Aṣā-e-Mūsā repeatedly mentioned his revelations that I would die of the torment of plague during his own lifetime and would suffer destruction and decline, yet God treated me in a manner quite contrary to his revelations and consoled me with His prophecies that He would make me triumph and would make my truth manifest. It is noteworthy that Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh had published his revelations in ‘Aṣā-e-Mūsā in very harsh terms saying that God Almighty had rejected me and God says that: 'I will make him die of the plague in utter destruction, humility, and failure. ' Thereafter, God, who is so jealous for the sake of His servants, consoled me with His rev- elations for six consecutive years in opposition to Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh's so-called 'revelations. He not only continued to console me but also continued to show mighty Signs. The prophecies concerning the sup- port and succour of God Almighty are, in fact, of two kinds. 1. Prophecies that are recorded in my book Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya and certain others which were published later. These prophecies precede Bābū Ilāhi Bakhsh's book 'Aşa-e-Müsā by a number of years. 1. God confounded my enemies by showing thousands of Signs, but they are so shameless that despite being so confounded they still have the temerity to face me. Indeed, they would not benefit even if they happen to see 100,000 Signs. They start shouting whenever they do not understand something. The truth of the matter is that, at heart, they are estranged from all the Prophets, for there never has been a Prophet who satisfied their imagined expectation. (Author)