Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 403
POSTSCRIPT SIGN NUMBER 138 403 Remember that there are not one but two Signs in it: 1. First is that the death of Lekh Rām is itself a grand prophecy in which the day of his assassination was foretold, the manner of his death was foretold, the term was foretold, and the time was foretold. 2. Second is that no trace of the killer could be found despite every effort and search, as if he had ascended to the heavens or disappeared into the earth. Had the killer been arrested and hanged, the proph- ecy would have not retained its present value. In that case everyone could have said, Just as Lekh Rām was killed, so was his killer. ' But the killer vanished in such a manner that one wonders whether he was human or an angel who had ascended to the heavens! 138. [ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHTH] SIGN-Bear in mind that acceptance of prayer is one of the primary Signs to know the status of the servants of God. In fact, there is no Sign like the acceptance of prayer because acceptance of prayer proves that a humble human is respected and honoured in the court of Allah. Although it is not nec- essary that prayer be accepted in every situation—at times the God of Honour of Glory pursues His own pleasure—nevertheless, there is no doubt that it is the unique Sign of the Elect of God that their prayers are accepted with great preponderance in comparison to others and no one can vie with them in the distinction of acceptance of prayer. I declare in the name of God Almighty that thousands of my prayers have been accepted. If I were to write them all, it would produce a massive volume. I have written about this earlier to some extent, and here again, I record the acceptance of some of those prayers. is Among others, one incident of the acceptance of my prayer that a sincere follower of mine, Sayyed Nāṣir Shāh, now an overseer in Baramulla Kashmir, was very distressed under his superior officers. His promotion was being obstructed and, in fact, his service was in jeopardy. Once he firmly resolved to resign in order to spare himself the daily torture. I told him not to do so, but he was so fed up with