Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 425
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 151 425 weak after giving birth to her son and was in need of God Almighty's help for food. In the same way, Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya was quite like an infant to me that was just given birth. There is a well-known idiom about writing that it is the product of one's nature; meaning, one's nat- ural children. Thus, as Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya was like a newborn baby for me, , and at the time of its birth I was weak in my financial condition just as Maryam was weak, and I could not find food for its upbring- ing-meaning, its publication on my own—then, similar to Maryam, I was given the same command: هُزِّ إِلَيْكَ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ [Shake the branch of the date-palm tree. ] Thus, according to this prophecy, the funds for this book became available and the prophecy was fulfilled. This money was entirely unexpected because I was completely unknown and this was my first compilation. It is also worth remembering that in Barāhīn-e- Ahmadiyya, God Almighty named me 'Maryam' before calling me by the name of 'Īsā and for quite some time this was my name in God's estimation. Later, God addressed me and said: 'O Maryam! I have breathed into you the spirit of truth. ' Figuratively speaking, this 'Maryam' became 'pregnant' with the spirit of truth. And then God named me ‘Īsā at the end of Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya. In other words, when that spirit of truth which had been breathed into Maryam became manifest, it was given the name of ‘Īsā. Thus, I was called Ibn- e-Maryam [the son of Mary] in the Word of God. This is the very meaning of the revelation: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي جَعَلَكَ الْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ [All praise belongs to Allah, who has made you Masiḥ Ibn-e-Maryam].