Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 604
HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION 604 cause behind such Signs of divine support. Are these the hallmarks of liars, dajjāls, and renegades that—instead of them—God continues to destroy the ‘believers' and the ‘righteous' in cases of mubāhalah contests? Finally, let me point out that an impression of the foregoing cou- plets written in the author's own handwriting has been included in this book with a view to silencing the opponents. If anyone has doubts whether the couplets are his, they can always compare the copy with the specimens of his original handwritings, and the original copy of these couplets is safe in my custody; anyone who wishes can see it. The person through whom I was able to obtain this original handwritten copy is a student of his named Sheikh Muhammad, son of Ali Muḥammad, a resident of Dhariwal, District Gurdaspur. How Mighty indeed is Allah the Exalted that most of those who sought a mubahalah [against me] died by the plague, and it was the plague itself that delivered the judgment against most of my bitter enemies! In Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya God was pleased to mention the plague and earthquakes at a time when these calamities were nowhere to be found in this country. For instance, in Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya this prophecy is on record: لَا يُصَدِّقُ السَّفِيْهُ إِلَّا سَيْفَةَ الْهَلَاكِ. أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْهُ. Meaning that: 'Ignoble man will not testify to the truth of any Sign except the Sign of death. Tell them such a Sign is about to appear as well! Therefore do not deal with me in haste. ' Thus, by the 'Sign of death' was meant the Sign of the plague. Similarly, at another place Allah the Exalted says in Barāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya: الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتُنْذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أَنْذِرَ أبَاءَهُمْ وَ لِتَسْتَبِيْنَ سَبِيْلُ الْمُجْرِمِيْنَ قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. Meaning that, He indeed is God who taught you the Holy Quran and apprised you of its true meanings so that you may warn those whose