Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 593
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 593 there would not be any rains except those normally expected during this period; see the official weather forecast published in the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, dated 16 December 1906. Furthermore, the fulfilment of the prophecy about the rain and cold weather is not confined to unusually heavy rain and freezing weather in the spring season, but the prophecy was fulfilled in another sense also in that it rained generally all throughout the country. Indeed, districts where people used to cry for rain earlier also shared this wet weather. Thus, anyone possessing reason, dignity, a sense of justice, and fear of God, will admit without any hesitation that this was indeed an unusual and extraordinary phenomenon which God Almighty had foretold. And in this country, the British Government has a regular department that is responsible for forecasting such unusual circum- stances, and there were astrologers, too, but no one gave this forecast that this spring would be marked by such unusual rains and snow. This was prophesied only by the God who had sent our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, after all the Prophets so that He may unite all nations under his banner. This part has been about the heavy rains. Now I shall narrate the part that pertains to the falling of snow, which I have already mentioned to some extent previously, so that it may be realized that this prophecy did not apply to this country alone, but manifested its extraordinary effects in other countries as well, and these are: The newspaper Wakil, Amritsar, on page 2 of its issue dated 7 February 1907, which corresponds to 23 Dhilḥijjah AH 1324, reporting about the weather in Europe says: In some European countries the cold this year has been so severe that the like of it has rarely occurred in the past. In Belgium, temperatures have fallen below zero and in Berlin, temperatures are said to have fallen 13 degrees below the freez- ing point, and in Austria and Hungary, 20 degrees below. Many