Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 199
Sub-Footnote Number One 199 the recipient due to his human weakness—for instance, when a person seeks to acquire something quickly and such acquisition is not in accord with divine will, or when it is decreed with a delay. I have, on occasions, experienced such revelations; that is, the heavy and awe-inspiring words that flow from the tongue from God. It would take too long to describe them all, so I will mention one instance here by way of illustration. About three years ago I prayed that people might be inclined towards helping with the publication of this book. Thereupon, I received a revelation in the emphatic terms that I have described:. ی ہ ن ابلعفل � [Not just now. ] When my humble self received this revelation, some ten to fifteen Muslims and Hindus, who are still living in Qadian, were apprised of this revelation immediately. Accordingly, it did not draw much atten- tion from people for some time and all of those people are well-aware of it. As for the other form of this revelation, which is accompanied by words that flow gently from the tongue, suffice it to say from my per- sonal experiences that when some time had passed after the above-men- tioned revelation, and I was confronted with several complications on account of people’s lack of interest and I was also facing exceeding diffi- culties, one day Allah the Benevolent revealed to me at about the time of Maghrib [Prayer]: هز ّ إليك َ بجذع النخلة تساقط عليك َ رطبا جنيا. [‘Shake the branch of the date-palm tree, the fresh ripe dates will fall upon you. ’] I understood therefrom that it was an indication that I should make an effort to draw attention to the book, and it is promised that thereby the cost of the publication of that part of the book would be provided.