The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 80
80. Essence of Islam-V before me. I looked up and saw that he was a man of an unfamiliar creation and disposition. He seemed not a man but one of the terrible and awe-inspiring angels, and his terror seized the hearts. As I looked at him, he asked, 'Where is Lekh Rām?' He also named another person and asked of his whereabouts. It was then that I realized that this man had been appointed for the chastisement of both Lekh Rām and the other person, whose name I do recollect. But I do remember that he was one of those regarding whom I have already published an announcement. This happened on فَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ . Sunday at four o'clock in the morning [Allāh be praised for it]. . . . In sum, this prophecy refers to a terrifying incident that will take place within six years, on a day that will be next to the day of Eid-2nd Shawwāl. . Now pause and ponder: Could it be the work of man that the date was foretold, and the time was foretold, and the cause of death was foretold, and it was also foretold that this incident would take place in an aweinspiring manner? All this was fully depicted in Barakāt-ud-Du'a. Can it be the work of a schemer to make a prophecy six years in advance with such explicit signs, and, what is more, the prophecy should be fulfilled? The Torah testifies that the prophecy made by a false prophet can never be fulfilled. God stands up against it lest the world is ruined. For instance, during those very days Lekh Rām had also cunningly made the following announcement with regard to me: 'You will die within a period of three