The Devotion of Life — Page 512
512 Hadrat Maulana Rahmat Ali Sahib had not yet finished these words when thick clouds suddenly appeared and rain pelted down, which instantly extinguished the fire. God Almighty, in reality, made the fire a servant of the Masih- e-Muhammadi (The Messiah of Muhammad, Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). O Rain Stop! There is no limit to the Powers of God Almighty. Everything moves with His Command. In the above incident, the immediate arrival of the rain was an example of the support of God. Now, another incident is stated where the opposite of what happened in the above incident took place. Here, under extraordinary circumstances, the rain suddenly stopped and thus became a Sign of God’s support in the field of preaching. Once, Hadrat Maulana Rahmat Ali, in the same city of Padang , was having a religious discussion with a Christian Priest from Holland and a huge number of people had gathered to hear the discussion. Suddenly, it started to rain heavily. In this area, it is a common observation that once rain starts it rains continuously for many hours. For a long time it does not stop at all. When the Priest felt helpless in countering the arguments of Maulvi Sahib in the debate, he suddenly made this strange demand to cover up his defeat: ‘If your religion, in fact, is superior to Christianity, then ask your God to show the miracle of His Power and stop the rain right now. ’ Apparently, the Priest presumably had made an impossible demand and knowing the pattern of rain in the area he