Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 585
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 585 of Amritsar and Maulawi Muḥammad Husain Batālavī. After some time, the Government issued orders to the effect that Șiddiq Hasan Khan's title of 'Nawab' would be restored, as if it was understood that what he had said was only an antiquated religious belief which dwelt in his heart and that he did not intend to be seditious. 1 5. FIFTH SIGN [192]-The fifth Sign is the prophecy published in the first part of the back title page of the periodical the Review of Religions, May 1906. The same prophecy is published in the newspaper Badr, vol. 5, no. 19, dated 10 May 1906. Moreover, the same prophecy was pub- lished in the newspaper al-Hakam dated 5 May 1906 and with explana- tion in the issue dated 10 May 1906. First of all, I reproduce below the prophecy as published in the above-mentioned periodical and both of the newspapers to be followed by the way it was fulfilled. The prophecy and the way it was originally interpreted at that time are as follows. Revelation dated 5 May 1906: پھر بہار آئی تو آئے صبح کے آنے کے دن The spring has arrived again and with it the days of snow. [Thalj] is an Arabic word. It connotes the snowfall that causes intense cold and is invariably accompanied by rain. This condi- tion is called thalj in Arabic. In this context, the prophecy seems to mean that Allah the Exalted will send down these calamities in our country during the days of spring, quite out of the norm, and that there will be snowfall resulting in intense cold and also heavy rains. (In other words, the snowfall wherever it happens 1. This misfortune encountered by Nawab Siddiq Ḥasan Khān was also the result of a prophecy of mine, which is recorded in Barahin-e-Aḥmadiyya. He had torn up this book of mine and sent it back to me. I had then prayed that his reputation might be torn apart. And so it came to pass (Barahin-e- Aḥmadiyya). (Author)