Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 699
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 699 revelation the death' or 'the departure'-a revelation which annulled all the erstwhile revelations contained in his book Aṣā-e- Mūsā. Nevertheless, even if this is assumed to be a revelation, it would mean to imply divine displeasure, not grace, indicating extreme misfor- tune and also the falsehood of Ilāhi Bakhsh's [preceding] revelations. Furthermore, there is nothing surprising about a revelation of this kind because most people, regardless of being believers or disbelievers, are wont to experience such dreams or receive such revelations when they lose all hope of recovery. In this context, the revelation would mean that: 'O Ilahi Bakhsh! You thought you were going to live long and sought the destruction of the contending party, and thinking that the inspirations of your baser self were revelations from God, you used to announce, "My opponent will die of the plague within my own life- time", but We command you to leave this world. ' In short, I need not argue about the authenticity of this revelation; he might very well have received it by way of displeasure and warning that he, Ilahi Bakhsh, had better leave this world on account of his fail- ure to accept the truth. I am surprised at the thinking of these people who, by ascribing [the departure'] to Ilāhī Bakhsh as his revelation, destroy the sum total of his revelations and do not realize that by doing so they reduce the authenticity of the entire body of his revelations on the basis of which he used to denounce me as a disbeliever and a dajjāl and used to call himself Mūsā. The truth of the matter is that all his revelations were confused dreams and promptings of the ego and they were satanic insinuations which is why they could not be fulfilled; rather, they brought about his humiliation and disgrace. But of course it is quite possible that the departure—had actually been revealed by God because this phrase is by way of a reproach and warning. Indeed, even if Pharaoh had made the claim to have received such a revelation there would have been no cause for us to reject such a claim because it is an established fact that everyone regardless of their being a muwaḥḥid [believer in Oneness of