Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 233
POSTSCRIPT QUESTION (9) 233 as mentioned in the Holy Quran? There was no condition attached to the prophecy of Yūnus; even then, with repentance and remorse, his people were spared, despite the definitive divine promise about his people that they would certainly perish within forty days. But did they perish within forty days in keeping with this prophecy? You can, if you so desire, study their account in Durr-e-Manthür or even review the Book of Jonah. Why are you so exceedingly impertinent? Will you not die one day? Impertinence and dishonesty can never coexist with faith. As for Ahmad Baig's son-in-law, I have pointed out again and again, as well, that this prophecy, too, was conditional. The wording of the condition, already published in my announcements, was as follows: أَيُّهَا الْمَرأَةُ تُؤين تُوبِى فَإِنَّ الْبَلَاءَ عَلَى عَقِبِكِ These are revealed words and the addressee therein is the maternal grandmother of the woman with whom the prophecy is concerned. Once at Hoshiarpur I read out this revelation to a member of Maulawi 'Abdullah's children. Perhaps the person's name was ‘Abdur-Raḥīm or 'Abdul-Wahid. The translation of these revealed words is: 'Woman, be penitent, be penitent, for the calamity is about to befall your daugh- ter and the daughter's daughter. This prophecy contained a warning regarding Ahmad Baig and his son-in-law. Accordingly, Ahmad Baig died within the [stipulated] time frame¹* and that woman's daughter was overtaken by the calamity for she was Ahmad Baig's wife and her relatives were overwhelmed by great fear due to the death of Ahmad Baig; so much so that some of them even wrote letters to me with 1. It is surprising that those who repeatedly talk of Ahmad Baig's son-in- law never mention that a part of this prophecy has already been fulfilled, because Ahmad Baig had died within the prescribed time frame. Had they even an ounce of honesty, they would have admitted that of the two parts of the prophecy, one part had been fulfilled and of the two legs, one had been broken. But bigotry is a strange curse that does not allow the word of justice to utter forth from the tongue! (Author)