Tadhkirah — Page 901
1906 901 wonderful help and your opponents will fall down upon their chins supplicating: ‘Lord forgive us and pardon our sins, we were in error’. The earth will say: ‘O Prophet of Allah, I did not recognise you’. O defaulters, no blame shall lie upon you this day; may Allah forgive you and He is the most Merciful of those who show mercy. Be kind to people and have mercy on them. You are prosperity. Similarly, he would be named ‘ A lam Kab a b, indicating that if the people do not repent the world would be overtaken by great calamities. Similarly, he would be named Kalimatull a h and Kalimatul ‘Az i z because he would be the Word of God that will appear at its due time. He will also bear other names. Thereafter, I prayed that the appearance of this severe earthquake may be delayed somewhat. The revelation from Allah the Almighty mentions that supplication and then provides the response to it. As He has said: That is, Allah has accepted this supplication and has postponed the earthquake to another time. This revelation was published in Badr and al- H akam about four months ago. Since the earthquake—the example of Judgment Day—has been delayed, it was also necessary that the birth of the boy be also delayed. Accordingly, a daughter was born to P i r Man zu r Muhammad on Tuesday, July 17, 1906. This is a Sign of the acceptance of the supplication and the truthfulness of the divine revelation that had been published four months before the daughter was born. However, earthquakes of a smaller magnitude must continue to occur, but it is imperative that the earthquake of the example of the Judgment Day be postponed till that boy is born. Bear in mind that it is a Sign of the mercy of Allah that by creating a daughter, He comforted us regarding the predicted affliction, that is, the earthquake of the example of the Judgment Day. It has been postponed in accordance with. If the boy had been born, there would have been great apprehension and fear at the occurrence of every earthquake in fear that the appointed time has come and the postponement would have not been believed. But now the postponement has been tied to the fulfilment of a condition. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , p. 100 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in vol. 22 p. 103 footnote]