Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 834
834 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO ḤAQIQATUL-WAḤI benefiting from its light, but you remain lurching in darkness. People turned towards me, whereas you turned away. Many of those who rid- iculed me prophesied my death, as if they had been informed about it by the All-Knowing God. They persisted in their prophecies and advertised them among the public, but the end result was exactly the opposite. God Almighty exposed their falsehood and recoiled their mockery on their own selves, and their livestock [i. e. unenlightened following] was left with nothing but the fodder of shame and disgrace. Some of those who were instrumental in causing me pain were able to do so because God Almighty willed to manifest of some Signs through them. I have narrated the stories of some of them in Haqiqatul- Waḥi for the enlightenment of men and women who seek after truth. One recent incident is of a person who died in the month of Dhul- Qadah. He used to revile and curse me. His name was Sa'dullāh. His abuse was as painful as a dagger. When his abuse reached its extreme and he exceeded all others in tormenting me, my Lord informed me of his death, disgraceful end, and cutting off of his progeny, and said: إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْاَ بْتَرُ Your enemy will certainly be without issue. I publicly announced this revelation of my Lord, the Incomparably Great, and thereafter, God Almighty fulfilled my revelation. So I decided to write about it in detail and convey publicly how Allah dealt with this mischief-maker and enemy of the servants of the Gracious God. A lawyer who is a member of my Jama'at tried to stop me from publishing this prophecy, and warned me of the frightful consequences of my intended publication. He said that if I published it, I would not escape the displeasure of the authorities, and the law would deem it a crime and there would be no way of escaping and no way of salvation. A chain of calamities would cling to me like a creditor, and the ulti- mate result after the troublesome prosecution is also obvious; for, the government would not spare a ‘criminal. He urged, therefore, that the