Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 559
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 559 He did not want his death to take place during my lifetime; rather, he wished that I should die during his own lifetime. To this end, he had also announced a prophecy. He did not want me blessed with children or my Jama'at to enjoy progress; rather, he longed for an abundance of his own progeny and he did not want anyone to help my Movement. But he died a most disgraceful death, deprived of the fulfilment of all his wishes. 1* And I had informed him again and again about the will of God Almighty in using the term [abtar] in the revelation: إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْاَ بْتَرُ [It is not you but your slanderer who shall be issueless. ] The intent of Allah the Exalted was that in future no children would be born to him and that his son, too would die [abtar] or issueless. Thus, he witnessed it for himself that although he survived for as many as twelve years after the prophecy and throughout this period he con- tinued to pray also, yet he was not bestowed any progeny with the only exception of his son who was already some fifteen years old at the time of the prophecy. Furthermore, he took the unfulfilled wish of his to the grave that he could not even arrange his son's marriage. Thus was it his lot to suffer from the aggregate of all this humiliation in full accord 1. We should now see how, with his discomfiture, dismay, and disgraceful death, the meaning of this prophecy became clear that God would condemn him to an ignominious and disgraceful death as it was prophesied about him in the book Anjām-e-Atham, twelve years before this event: اذَيْتَنِي خُبْتًا فَلَسْتُ بِصَادِقٍ إِن لَّمْ تَمُتْ بِالْخِزْيِ يَا ابْنَ بِغَاءِ Meaning that, you have caused great pain to me because of your inherent wickedness; thus, I shall not be held truthful unless you die a disgraceful death. So what greater disgrace could there be for the one who wanted to see me die, than dying himself in my lifetime? He craved for my downfall but died only after witnessing my prosperity and progress. (Author)