Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 445
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 159 445 of this promised son of mine through his malediction. Indeed, I was blessed with three sons instead of one, but 'Abdul-Haqq, on the other hand, suffered the fate that, even after the passage of twelve years, not a single child was born into his household after the mubahalah. And it is obvious that, to become issueless after the mubahalah and not to bear so much as a single child despite the passage of twelve years and to remain utterly deprived of offspring, is also a Sign of God's wrath and tantamount to death as Allah the Almighty says: إِن شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ Bear in mind that, due to this very slander, no son was born to 'Abdul- Haqq, rather he remained issueless, barren, and bereft of this blessing and his brother died, thus, after the mubahalah, instead of the birth of a son, even his dear brother entered the valley of death. ²* At this point, fair-minded people should consider and—fearing God Almighty-reflect whether this knowledge of the unseen is within the capability of a human being that he should make a fabri- cated prophecy that he will certainly have a fourth son born to him and it is certain that, until then, a particular person shall remain alive and, thereafter, it should transpire exactly like that. Is there any precedence of this in the world that God supported an impostor such that He made him appear truthful on both counts; that is, gave him the fourth son along with letting his enemy live until that time in accordance with the prophecy? Bear in mind that, one 1. Surely, it is your enemy who is without issue (Surah al-Kauthar, 108:4). [Publisher] 2. In my book Anwārul-Islām I had also, by way of a prophecy, indicated to 'Abdul-Haqq that he would remain deprived of children; he should try to do his best to disprove this prophecy of mine and ward off the consequences of the mubahalah. As a result, he is still issueless and by today's date―i. e. 28 September 1906-even after the passage of thirteen years since the mubaha- lah, he is still deprived of a child. (Author)