Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 772
772 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION world whom God saved from the dangerous attacks of his enemies for as long as twenty-six years, to the extent that by His special grace He kept him safe for a quarter of this century, granted him success upon success, caused him to grow from one to having hundreds of thousands of followers, and caused all his enemies to be ineffectual, and we have no knowledge of what progress the future holds. Which impostor has there ever been in the world against whom, at the time of the muba- halah, every believer fell prey to death or some other kind of chastise- ment? Which liar has there been for whose sake, and in accordance with whose prophecy, there were solar and lunar eclipses in Ramadan and the earth was hit by global plague? Is any sign found of some other Mahdi who had prophesied fifteen years before the actual occurrence of the lunar and solar eclipses, or had warned as many as three times― first, twenty-six years before, then twelve years before, and then three years before the occurrence—that the plague would spread in this country? The purpose of writing these lines is that I have sufficiently incor- porated in my book Ḥaqiqatul-Waḥi all kinds of evidence in support of my claim. Although my health did not allow me to undertake such strenuous effort during these days owing to suffering numerous illnesses and repeated bouts of various ailments and physical weakness, I undertook all this work solely for the good of mankind. I, therefore, appeal in the name of God to all the distinguished scholars, elders, and those who can read this book from among my people that if this book reaches them they should study it closely from beginning to end. Again, I appeal to them in the name of the Almighty, the One without associate, in whose hand rests the life of everyone, that they should- even at the cost of their time and engagements-closely study this book from end to end. Yet again, for the third time, I appeal to them in the name of the Honourable God, who punishes those who fail to pay heed to the oaths in His name, that if they receive this book and can read it, be they the clerics or religious elders, they must study it at least once from beginning to end. To some of these people, I shall—God