Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 920
920 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI those who follow the guidance and those who are truthful. Allah is with those who are righteous and those who do good deeds. Allah intends to raise you to a station where you would be praised. Two Signs will appear. Step aside today, O ye guilty ones! The lightning of the Signs of God would strike them blind. This is what (you) desired to be hastened. O Aḥmad! Mercy flows from your lips. Your dis- course has been made eloquent by the Benevolent Lord. There is something in that which you say, to which the poets have no access. O My Lord! Teach me that which is good in Your estimation. Allah will safeguard you against your enemies and will attack all those who attack you. They have disclosed all the weapons that they possessed. I shall inform Maulawi Muḥammad Husain of Batala at the last moment ¹* that he was not in the right. Allah is Gentle and Merciful. We have made the iron soft for you. I shall come [to you] suddenly with My hosts. I shall respond along with the Messenger and will postpone or cancel My decree at certain times and will fulfil it at other times. ² They will ask, 'Whence have you obtained this status?? Tell them, 'Allah is the Possessor of Wonders. ' Ayal³* came to me and chose me and rotated his fingers and signified that the promise of Allah had arrived. Then blessed is he who finds it and sees 1. This is what has been revealed to me about a person who opposed me and declared me an infidel; he is from among the scholars of India named Abu Saeed Muḥammad Husain Batalavi. (Author) 2. Holy is Allah and above committing a mistake, so the word ukhti [cancel] is mentioned by way of allegorical speech just as the word taruddud [hesita- tion] is used in the aḥādīth with reference to Allāh the Exalted. (Author) 3. By Ayal here is meant Jibra'il [Gabriel], may peace be upon him. My Lord has made me understand it in this way. As Aul and Al-Iiyāb (to return again and again) are the attributes of Jibra'il, may peace be upon him, therefore he is named Ayal in the words of Allah. (Author)