Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 381
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 131 381 mosque that Bishambar Dās had been acquitted and that he was being congratulated in the marketplace. I was shocked when I heard the news and was rather apprehen- sive that the bigoted Hindus would now object and say: 'You had prophesied that Bishambar Dās would not be acquitted. Know now that he has, in fact, been acquitted!' Under the stress of this grief, each rak'at of the prayer felt as long as a year, and when I prostrated at the end of a rak'at, my distress reached the extreme. Then, in that very state of prostration, God, addressing me aloud, said: لَا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعْلَى. Meaning that, have no fear at all; you indeed are victorious. After this, I waited as to how this prophecy would be fulfilled. But no Sign appeared. I enquired of the very same Sharampat over and over again if it was true that Bishambar Dās had been acquitted. He would give the same answer: 'Yes he has, in fact, been acquitted and why should I lie?' In the village, anyone of whom I enquired, would invariably reply, 'We too have heard that he has been acquitted. ' Meanwhile, six months or thereabouts passed. Mischievous people would mock and jeer as is their wont. But Sharampat did not mock or jeer which convinced me that he had behaved decently towards me on that occasion. Still I felt embarrassed in his presence, [think- ing] how emphatically I had communicated to him the news of his brother's non-acquittal! And now the situation had come to such a pass! Despite all this, I had firm faith in my God and I was certain that He would demonstrate some Sign of His providence and may be he would be apprehended again after acquittal. But I knew not that the very news of his acquittal was a mere fabrication. Then it so 1. A single cycle of standing through prostration in the prescribed Islamic Prayer known as Șalāt. There are a set number of these cycles for each of the five daily Prayers. [Publisher]