Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 519
REMEDY FOR PLAGUE-CHARĀGH DIN'S DECLARATION WHEN AHMADI 519 in the same month—that is, in Ramadan—people will seek but will not find a place to escape. In addition to all this, there are many prophecies in holy Scriptures about this age. See Isaiah chapter 4 and 66:15; Psalms 50:3; Daniel chapter 12; Ezekiel 37:15–28; Habakkuk chap- ter 3; Zephaniah chapter 3; Micah chapter 4; Matthew 13:40, 24:15–31; Revelation chapters 15 and 16. There is a complete and graphic description of this era within these Scriptures. Of course if the question is asked how should we believe that this chastisement has overtaken us on account of our opposition to the Imam of the Age, the answer to it is based وَ مَا نُهْلِكُ الْقُرَى حَتَّى يَبْعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُوْلًا on the following Quranic verses 'We never destroy a town unless and until We first send our لِكُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولُ ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ رَسُولُهُمْ Messenger to it. Elsewhere God says meaning that, the verdict about the قُضِيَ بَيْنَهُم بِالْقِسْطِ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ people of an age is delivered only when a Messenger is sent to them. Hence, when on the one hand a Messenger—that is, His Holiness the Imam of the Age-is present who invites the world towards truth and righteousness; and on the other hand, he is rejected with such vehemence; and thirdly, a terrible chas- tisement too is so imminently waiting at the door; can it not be understood that it is this very hostility and opposition of ours that we are mounting against the one commissioned by Allah that has manifested itself in the form of chastisement which is facing us today? In other words, the real cause of this chastisement is none other than the very same denial and rejec- tion that is, in a symbolic shape, confronting the world with Meaning that, and that وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِمُونَ such destruction which they used to mock at shall encompass them. 1. Written as in the original letter of Charāgh Dīn; the correct verse is Béc (Sūrah al-Qasas, 28:60). [Publisher]