Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 752
752 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION all reports be true; many false reports get commingled. Therefore, to place total reliance upon them is a dangerous matter. !* Pray tell, in the case of which Prophet were all the signs fulfilled that the earlier people had established? Therefore, fear God and do not reject the one sent by God, like the former disbelievers, with the plea that all the conditions that you had pre-determined had not been fulfilled. Remember with certainty that no one has been granted all their listed and ostensible signs for an ordained Prophet. This is why they stumbled and landed in Hell; otherwise, it is not part of human nature to refuse after witnessing all the ostensible Signs. Certain phe- nomena pose a potential obstacle on account of which an unlucky person falters. The Jews thought that the Messiah who was to come would appear in the form of a king and, preceding him, the Prophet Ilyās [Elijah] would once again descend from the heavens. This is why they have failed to accept Hadrat ‘Īsā until now because neither did the Prophet Ilyas descend before him, nor did ‘Īsā ever become a king. Of course an attempt was made, but it was unsuccessful. Again, about our own Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, Jewish scholars—and, indeed, all their Prophets―held this very belief that the Prophet of the Latter Days would come from 1. [206. SIGN NUMBER TWO HUNDRED AND SIX] I had finished at Sign number 205 when I discovered another treatise which raised the number of Signs to 206. The name of this treatise is Durrah Muḥammadi and the name of its author is Imdād ‘Alī. This per- son has written this couplet about me on page 7 of his book: It means: May اللہ اجیسے پیغمبر تائیں جلد بجلد سمہالے. جس کاذب نے دُنیا اندر بہتیرے چلے چالے. God cause this person to die quickly. ' Then on page 8 he writes about me['The curse of Allah be upon the liars. '] Then he promises to compose a second part of the book. He had not yet com- posed the second part when he was seized by the plague such that he would bite his own flesh with his teeth. In the end, he died in this very state. These are the maulawis who hold me to be a liar. . ['So take a lesson, O ye who have eyes!'] (Author)