Some Hidden Pearls — Page 50
self a very clear Sign that a man sceptically and ironically brings in the subject of Signs shown, or claimed to be shown by the Promised Messiah, while occupying the chair of a magistrate in the court premises and he asks if Hazrat Ahmad claimed that he could show Signs. In ordinary sequence, when Hazrat Ahmad said in reply that that precisely was his claim, and added, besides, that he was even at the moment prepared to show whatever Sign he might be asked to show, the questioner should have come forward with a definite demand, to that effect. That he did not have the courage to formulate any reasonable demand is, in itself, a great and a clear Sign, certainly for those who have eyes to see. . Here it should also be kept in mind, in principle, that the power to vouchsafe miracles and Signs rests entirely with Allah, in His mercy, and wisdom, and discretion. . The Apostle, or saint, at whose hand the miracle or Sign shows itself, functions no more than an instrument and an agent in the hands of God, since in himself, he 50