Divine Manifestations — Page 4
4 prophesised by God’s holy Messengers as. The result was that those who were Muslims only in name started becoming true Muslims, as nearly four hundred thousand have already done. I am much gratified that at my hand almost four hundred thousand have repented of their sins and they include many Hindus as well as English people. Only yesterday, in fact, a Hindu was initiated as a Muslim at my hand and was given the name Muhammad Iqbal. Yesterday, when I was repeatedly reciting the above Divine Revelation, my spirit was all of a sudden imbibed with the following words which are a sequel to the above revelation: 5 Likewise, in the following revelation, I was given the glad tidings of the spread of Islam through me. God addressed me saying: that is, 'O Moon and O Sun! You are of Me and I am of you. ' In this Divine Revelation, God has first called me the moon and given Himself the title of the Sun. This means that just as the moon receives its glow 5 Do not look down with disdain at his stature, For even the Prophets take pride in his era. [Translator]