An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 260
260 It is not for man to say whether God should or should not interfere in the affairs of man or in the laws of nature. All that one can say is that reason requires that a Being Who creates, governs and controls the universe should be able to interfere whenever there arises a genuine occasion demanding His interference; and of this, He alone is the judge. The fact that He does sometime actually interfere or that He appears to do so, is incontestably borne out by history. Truthful witnesses have testified to it throughout the ages and human observation has recorded it throughout history. The present is, however, a most skeptical world and some people go to the extreme of asserting that the writings in which miracles figure, are not “historical in the modern and scientific sense of the word. ” A Note About the Book This book was printed at the D iy a ’ul-Isl a m Press and published on October, 1902. On page 9 of the introduction, a statement under oath given by Mirz a Ismail Beg, says: “I printed Tiry a qul-Qul u b but it remained unfinished, I printed the last page and title page in October 1902, that is how the printing was completed. ” Five supplements were added to it. In the first supplement, 279 names of non-Ahmadis were published who were ready to testify to the clear fulfilment of the Promised Messiah as ’s prophecy about Pandit Lekh Ram. The second supplement contained an account of 75 prophecies which the Promised Messiah as had made and which had been fulfilled in every respect. It was this supplement which delayed the publication of the book. The third supplement was a leaflet dated September 27, 1899, and the fourth was another leaflet dated October 22, 1899. In the last supplement, he published his own revelation, which he had on September 14, 1899, to the effect that a great sign would be granted to him. This revelation and three other similar ones received in these days were beautifully written and hung on a wall of “Baitul Dhikr” on September 16, 1899. The fifth supplement dated