Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 300
300 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION say, 'He is a deceitful and evil man; it was wrong on my part to pledge allegiance to him. ' Similarly, thousands of my disciples are witnesses to the truth of all of my prophecies that I have recorded in this book. An ignoramus might object that the testimony of a disciple is not reliable. I say that no testimony is quite like this testimony, for such a relationship is exclusively for the sake of faith. One chooses to be a disciple of him alone, who, in his mind, is the most pious natured, righteous, and truthful in the entire world. If the spiritual mentor is such that he concocts hundreds of false prophecies, and beseeches his disciples to lie for his sake and to project him as a saint in one way or another by telling lies, then how can the disciples say that he is a right- eous man and how can they serve him with heart and soul? Rather, they will call him a satan and become estranged from him. For my part, I curse any such disciple who ascribes false miracles to me, and similarly accursed is any such mentor who concocts false miracles. 84. [EIGHTY-FOURTH] SIGN—On 5 August 1906, the lower half of my body became numb and I could not move one step. Since I had systematically studied books on Greek medicine, I apprehended that these were symptoms of stroke. There was severe pain with it. I was restless. I could not even turn over in bed. During the night, when I was in great pain, I was fearful-only for the sake of faith and for no other reason that my opponents would gloat over it. Then I suppli- cated before the Almighty, ‘Of course death is an unavoidable matter. But You know that such a death, and an untimely death, will cause the enemies to rejoice at this misfortune. ' Thereupon, the revelation came to me in a light slumber: إِنَّ اللهَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ. إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْزِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. Meaning that, God has dominion over everything; and God does not disgrace the believers. Thus, I call to witness God, the Benevolent—in whose hand my