Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 266
266 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION his own strength, without any assistance. When the sun set, on return from the lavatory, as soon as he sat down on the bedstead, death's rattle started. In the same condition of death rattle, he said to me, 'See what this is. ' Then he lay down. Before this, I had never had the occasion to see anyone speak during the death rattle and talk clearly and firmly in the state of a death rattle. After this, exactly as the sun set, he passed away from this transitory world. [Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return]. This was the very first of all the revelations and was the first prophecy that God disclosed to me. God informed me at noon that this was going to happen and it came to pass after sunset. It is an honour for me and I will not forget that God Almighty condoled with me at the time of my father's demise and swore by the death of my father the way He swore by the heavens. Those who have a satanic spirit rampant within them would wonder how it could be that God Almighty confers such honour on someone that by declaring his father's death to be a great shock, He should swear by it. But, once again, I swear by the God of Honour and Glory that this incident is true and that it was God, indeed, who informed me about it by way of condolence and said: وَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الطَّارِقِ. [By the heaven and the Morning Star. ] And it came to pass accordingly. [So Allah be praised for all this]. 22. TWENTY SECOND SIGN-As I have just written, when I was apprised of the news that my father would pass away after sunset, I, being human, was distressed upon hearing this news. Moreover, most of the means of our livelihood were contingent upon his life. He received a pension from the British Government as well as a large sum of gratuity, which was contingent upon him being alive. Therefore, the thought crossed my mind as to what would happen after his demise.