Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 299
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 83 299 to the point that this year not a single person died of the plague in Qadian, although hundreds of people died of the plague in its sur- rounding vicinity. 83. EIGHTY-THIRD SIGN— -Once I was sitting upstairs in my room, which is attached to the smaller mosque, and has been named Baitul- Fikr [the Meditation Room] by God Almighty. An attendant of mine named Hamid 'Ali was with me kneading my feet when I received the revelation: تَرى فَخِذًا أَلِيمًا. Meaning that, you shall see a painful thigh. I said to Hamid 'Alī, 'I have received this revelation just now. ' He replied to me, 'There is a small pustule on your hand, perhaps it refers to this. ' I said to him, "There is a world of difference between a hand and a thigh. This interpretation is irrelevant and unreasonable. And the pustule is not even painful. Also, the revelation means, “You shall see” and not “You are seeing it now. " After this we both went downstairs to go to the large mosque to offer Prayer. As we descended, I noticed two horsemen approaching me. They were riding two horses without the saddles. Both of them were less than twenty years old. On seeing me, they stopped. One of them said, ‘My brother who is riding the other horse is very sick due to pain in the thigh and is incapacitated. We have come here so that you may prescribe some medicine for him. ' At this, addressing Hamid 'Alī, I said, 'Allah be praised that my revelation has been fulfilled so quickly that it took only as little time as it took us to go downstairs. ' Sheikh Hamid 'Ali is still alive. He is a resident of the village Theh Ghulam Nabi and is with me these days. Nobody can sacrifice his faith for the sake of another person. In particular, if a relationship of spiritual allegiance exists, and someone were to say to his follower, ‘I have concocted a false miracle in my support. You should bear witness to it in my favour. ' The follower in his heart of hearts would certainly