Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 715
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 715 condition and received the consequent benefits. It was but natural that the death of Ahmad Baig would have aroused fear in the hearts of his relatives, for they, too, were part of the prophecy. When one of the two parties died, it was necessary due to human nature that the person who was the second target of this prophecy, as well as his relatives, should become fearful of their own death. This was just as if two people share the same food and one of them dies of it, the other would begin to apprehend his own death, too. Thus, Ahmad Baig's death caused his son-in-law and the other relatives to have such fear that they became as though they too had already died. The end result was that the elders of the family, who were the original cause of this episode, entered into my bai'at. The fact that the revelation also stipulated that this woman's mat- rimonial rites had been announced with me in heaven is indeed cor- rect. But as we have already stated, for this marriage that had been announced in the heavens to take place, there was a condition that had been imposed by God and which had been announced simultaneously Thus, when these أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرأَةُ تُوْبِن تُوبِى فَإِنَّ الْبَلَاءَ عَلى عَقِبِك and it is as follows Whether the marriage ? يَمْحُوا اللهُ مَا يَشَاءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ Do you not know that people fulfilled the condition, the marriage was annulled or delayed. was solemnized in heaven or the 'Arsh—the Divine Throne-the entire process was conditional. This should be pondered over after shedding satanic doubts. Was the prophecy of Yūnus [Jonah] any different from this conditional marriage, in which it had been announced that it had been decreed in heaven that these people would be visited by chastise- ment before the lapse of forty days? But this chastisement never came despite the fact that the prophecy had mentioned no condition. Thus, for God who had annulled such a definitive decree of His own, would it be difficult to annul or delay this marriage? In short, these shameless people do not think when they make such 1. O Woman! Repent, repent, for mischief is pursuing you! [Publisher] 2. Allah effaces what He wills and establishes what He wills. [Publisher]