The Essence of Islam – Volume V

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 168

168. Essence of Islam-V. Thereafter, out of His infinite grace, God Almighty removed his troubles and he wrote a letter to me expressing his gratitude. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 393-394]. Some signs are such that there is not even a minute's delay in their fulfilment. They are fulfilled instantly. In such cases it is hard to produce an eyewitness. The following sign falls in the same category. One day, after morning prayer, I passed into a state of vision, in which I saw that my son Mubarak Aḥmad was coming in from outside when his foot slipped on the floor-mat near me, and he fell down and hurt himself so badly that his whole shirt was covered with blood. Immediately after I had narrated this vision to Mubarak. Aḥmad's mother, who was standing close by, he came running from somewhere. As soon as he reached the floor-mat, he slipped and fell down and hurt himself seriously, and his shirt was soaked in blood. Thus this prophecy was fulfilled within a minute. An ignorant person would say, 'How can we trust the testimony of his wife?' Such a person does not seem to understand that every person naturally guards his faith, and does not dare to tell a lie having sworn in the name of God Almighty. [Haqiqat-ul-Waḥī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 398-399]. Shaikh Hamid ‘Alī, resident of Thae Ghulām Nabi in. Gurdaspur district, who has lived with me for a long time and is witness to a number of signs, saw the following take place before his very eyes. One day, about the time of Zuhr, I received the Revelation