Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 269
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 23 269 Is this the work of an impostor? Or are these satanic insinuations? Certainly not! On the contrary, it is the work of the Almighty in whose hands lie honour, dishonour, adversity, and prosperity. If you do not trust this statement of mine, you may examine the official postal records of the past twenty years and you would know how the door of income has been opened during this period of time, though this income was not limited to delivery by post. Thousands of rupees are received when people donate in person by coming to Qadian, and there is also the income in the form of the currency notes sent in envelopes. 23. TWENTY-THIRD SIGN-Is the prophecy about Deputy 'Abdullāh Ātham which has been very clearly fulfilled. The fact is that these were two prophecies. The first was that he would die within fifteen months, and the second was that if he would desist from his published state- ment that God forbid—the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was the Dajjāl, he would not die within fifteen months. 1* _ As I have already stated, the basis of the prophecy for his death was that in one of his books Andrūna-e-Bible ['Inner Nature of the 1. Thousands of people might know that when Ātham, in accordance with the condition laid down in the revelation, was granted respite, he expressed no gratefulness at this respite; rather, presuming that the calamity had been warded off, he chose to hide the truth, and said that he had not been afraid; and yet he refused to testify to it on oath, although all the pious ones of the Christian faith have [all along] been swearing on oath. It is evident from the Gospel that Ḥaḍrat Masīḥ himself testified on oath, and so did Paul and Peter. Therefore, after he had thus concealed the truth, God revealed to me that he would now die soon. It was then that I issued a handbill concerning it. And it is peculiar that he did die within fifteen months from the date of the publication of the handbill that I had published about his death according to this second revelation. Hence, God retained the same fifteen months for Atham when he had forsaken the path of truthfulness and had concealed the truth about which there is so much lamentation and wailing in the quarters of my opponents. (Author)