Divine Manifestations — Page 27
27 it is the nature of man that he derives very little benefit from signs of God’s mercy and compassion. Prejudice causes him to find lame excuses to reject other smaller signs as well and to remain bereft of the fortune of faith. This is what happened here: despite the fulfilment of thousands of signs in my favour, people’s hearts were not moved in the least. If you read my book Nuz u l-ul-Mas ih , you shall see for yourselves that there was no scarcity of signs from God in my support. There were signs which were manifested for the benefit of friends, and those which served as warning to the foes. There were signs relating to my person, and signs relating to my children. Just as the oceans cover the greater portion of the earth, so was my Movement filled with heavenly signs. Not a single day goes by without the appearance of a sign. And every prophecy is in itself a sign. In this booklet I have mentioned ten thousand signs just to serve as an illustration. Otherwise, if they were all put into writing, they would make a book of more than a thousand volumes. Is it possible for a liar to reveal the unseen so abundantly and with such consistency? Each day God continues to bring ignominy upon my ignorant opponents by manifesting all kinds of signs. I swear by Him that just as He granted His converse to the