Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 230
230 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION testimony to my truthfulness; ¹* then did God kill him for the sake of a dajjal and did God not know the faults which he ['Abdul-Hakim] came to know twenty years later? 2 His excuse that he might have had satanic dreams and that this dream was also satanic in nature would not be acceptable. I can accept this much that, on account of his innate compat- ibility [with Satan], he might have been experiencing satanic dreams and satanic revelations 3*, but I cannot accept that this dream [cited above] was a satanic dream for the simple reason that Satan has not been granted the power to kill anyone. But of course, satanic dreams and satanic reve- lations are what he currently experiences in his present state of hostility towards me, for they do not have any sign of the power of God with them. Therefore, he must try his best to ward Satan off. Among other things worth mentioning is the fact that, quite 1. Now it is incumbent upon ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm to visit Muḥammad Ḥasan Baig's grave and cry his eyes out, saying, 'O Brother! You were right in your rejection and I was wrong. Do forgive me my sin. Ask God and do let me know why He killed you for the sake of an impostor and deceiver?' (Author) 2. This too is worth considering that for a person who for twenty years, in writing and in speech, persisted in supporting me and disputing with the op- ponents, what new discovery has he now made after twenty years? The faults he has listed are, indeed, the very ones which he himself used to answer (in my defence). (Author) 3. This too is a sign of ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm not being in his right mind that he con- siders this dream of his to be satanic, a dream in which Muḥammad Hasan Baig's death was foretold and in accordance with which Muḥammad Hasan Baig also died. It seems that the frenzy of opposition has made him lose his senses. How can a dream be false when actual events proved it to be true and thus established its divine origin. False and egoistic dreams are, indeed, those which he is seeing now contravening it and which do not bear any stamp of truth. But the earlier dream did not have any trace of Satan's influence, for it was fulfilled in the shape of an awe-inspiring event. Also, the Master of Life and Death is the name of God Almighty, not of Satan. Of course, this true dream does not prove any excellence on the part of Miyań 'Abdul-Hakim, for even Pharaoh experienced a true dream in the time of Ḥaḍrat Yusuf [Joseph]; even arch disbelievers at times experience true dreams. The Elect of God are distinguished not by a solitary dream or two, but by a vast knowledge of the unseen and by the unique gift of God's help. (Author)