Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 261
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 18 261 of Allah be upon him, fabricated [against God], he would have been destroyed and the whole undertaking would have come to naught, but God is not offended if someone else fabricates [against Him]; rather, He loves such a person and grants him respite more than He did to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and even helps and supports him! This should not be called an argument. Rather, it is a claim which itself stands in need of an argument. Alas! In opposing me, they have stooped so low as to attack even the Signs of the veracity of the Holy Prophet, may peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him. Since these people know that more than twenty-five years have elapsed since my claim of being a recipient of divine revelation and inspiration, exceeding even the tenure of minis- try of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as that was twenty-three years; while, in my case, it is close to thirty years and I do not know how long the extent of my period of call is in the knowledge of God. This is why these people, despite being hailed as maulawīs, assert that one who lies against God and is a false claimant of revelation can even survive for as long as thirty years from the begin- ning of his fabrication and that God can help and support him, and yet they do not produce any precedent for it. O impertinent people! Remember, lying is akin to eating dung. The way God has treated me with His grace and kindness is so much so that during this lengthy period¹ of time, each day was a day of progress for me, and in every lawsuit that was filed to ruin me, God disgraced my enemies. Do produce, if you have any precedent of such [divine] support and succour over such a period of time. Otherwise, in keeping 1. It may be borne in mind that, if the duration of my period of revelation is counted from the time when Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Part I was written, the period during which I have been receiving revelations from that year approx- imates twenty-seven years; if it is counted from Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Part IV, then twenty-five years have elapsed; and if the time when I first started receiving revelations is taken into account, then this period amounts to thirty years. (Author)