Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 199
POSTSCRIPT QUESTION (5) 199 possibly be the cause of these earthquakes. This indeed has ever been the practice of God that no one can deny. Hence, although the real cause of the chastisement of the resi- dents of San Francisco and of other places, who have died due to the earthquake and other calamities, was their past sins, these earthquakes that killed them constituted a Sign of my truth. The reason is that since the beginning it has been the way of Allah that the mischievous are killed at the time of the advent of a Messenger. And also because in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya and many other books of mine I had foretold that in my time many extraordinary earthquakes and other calamities shall strike the world and the world shall witness widespread destruc- tion. Thus, there is no doubt that, subsequent to my prophecies, the occurrences of a series of earthquakes and other calamities in the world is a Sign of my truth. Keep in mind that, regardless of which part of the world a Messenger of God is rejected in, other offenders are also apprehended at the time of that rejection, including those who happen to live in other countries and have not even heard of that Messenger. This is what happened in the time of Nūḥ [Noah] that an entire world was overtaken by chastisement due to the rejection of a single people. Indeed, not even animals and birds were spared in that chastisement. In short, this is how the way of Allah operates. When the repudia- tion of one who is truthful exceeds all limits or when he is persecuted, the world is visited by a variety of calamities. All the divine Scriptures testify to this and the Holy Quran also affirms it. For example, the land of Egypt was overtaken by calamities of different kinds because of the repudiation of Ḥaḍrat Mūsā [Musa]. There was a rain of lice, of frogs, and of blood and there was a widespread famine, although people who lived in remote places in the land of Egypt had not even heard of Haḍrat Mūsā nor were they guilty of any sin in this regard. Moreover, the firstborn of all Egyptians were killed. Pharaoh remained safe from these calamities for quite some time, whereas those who