The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 4
4. Essence of Islam-V fulness and of my being from God; while some others did so because they saw the Holy Prophets in a dream, and he told them that the end of the world is near and that this man is the last Vicegerent of God and the Promised Messiah. Some signs relate to certain eminent saints who mentioned me by name even before my birth, or before I came of age, and spoke about my being the Promised Messiah. Among these are. Ne'matullah Walī and Miān Gulāb Shāh of Jamālpur,. District Ludhiāna. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 70-71]. It was for me that God caused the solar and lunar eclipses in heaven during the month of Ramadan, and caused numerous other signs to be manifested on earth, and thus, in accordance with Divine practice, my truth was conclusively established. God, in Whose hand rests my life, is my witness that if you cleanse your hearts and seek other signs from God, the Omnipotent One is capable of showing a sign according to His own will and power, without being subject to any of your importunities. And I am sure that if you demand a sign from me, with a genuine desire to repent, and promise earnestly before God that if an extraordinary sign appears which is beyond human power, you will shed all this rancour and enmity and, purely for the sake of winning God's pleasure, will enter into the pledge of Bai'at with me, then God, being so Kind and Merciful, will certainly show you some sign. However, it is not within my power to fix a period of two or three days for showing a sign, or to