Tadhkirah — Page 379
1897 379 of both. So now both of them will die and no one will be able to save them. All those evil faculties which were prone to accept false gods will also perish. There will be a new earth and a new heaven. The days are approaching when the sun of truth will rise from the West and Europe will recognise the True God. Thereafter the door of repentance will be closed, for those who wish to enter will have entered eagerly and only those will remain outside whose hearts are by nature sealed, and who are in love, not with light, but with darkness. The time is near when all religions will perish except Islam. All weapons will be broken except the heavenly weapon of Islam for it will neither be broken nor will it be blunted till it has broken all Antichrist tendencies to bits. The time is near that the true Unity of God, which is perceived within their nature even by those who dwell in the desert or are completely unaware of any teaching, will spread through all regions. On that day there will remain no artificial atonement nor an artificial god. A single stroke of God will frustrate all the plans of disbelief, not by any sword, nor by any gun, but by bestowing light on eager souls and by illumining the pure hearts. Then will there be an understanding of all that which I say. [al-Ishtih a ru Mustaiqinan bi-Wa h yill a hil-Qahh a r, Announcement dated January 14, 1897, Majm u ‘a-e-Ishtih a r a t, vol. 2, pp. 304–305] February 1, 1897 During the pre-natal stage of my daughter, Mub a rakah, there was some concern because of miscalculation [of the expected delivery date]. The anxiety mounted and there was concern that there might be an undiagnosed health problem. I prayed in the court of Allah the Almighty and was granted the revelation: