Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 419
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 149 419 resolve and determination, compiled a number of books in support of my claim, held debates with people and is still engaged in the same task. May Allah bless his work and reward him for this service. Amin. 149. [ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINTH] SIGN-On page 522¹ of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, the following prophecy is on record: بخرام کہ وقت تو نزدیک رسید و پائے محمد یاں بر منار بلند تر محکم افتاد. [Now, come forward and go forth, as your time is near. The time is now coming that the people of Muḥammad will be lifted from the pit and their steps will be planted firmly on a strong tower. ] More than twenty-five years have elapsed since the time when this prophecy from the God of Honour and Glory was published in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. Its connotation was: 'The days of your good fortune are about to dawn which will exalt the glory and honour of the faith of Muḥammad. As all know, that was a time when I lay hidden and concealed in the corner of anonymity. I did not have a single person with me nor did anyone ever expect that I would be granted this sta- tion. Indeed, I myself was totally unaware of such future magnificence and glory. The truth of the matter is that I was nothing at all. Later, God selected me entirely out of His grace and not because of any talent on my part. I was unknown-He made me known and He did it with such rapidity as the lightning that suddenly reveals its flash from one end to the other; I was ignorant—He granted me knowledge from His own; I did not have any financial capacity—He rained hun- dreds of thousands of rupees on me; I was alone-He subjected hun- dreds of thousands of people to me; and He manifested Signs in my favour both in heaven and on earth. I do not know why He did this for 1. This text appears in Rūḥāni Khaza'in, vol. 1, page 623, published in 2008. [Publisher]