Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 339
15 August 1907 339 During the address, a person submitted that if a person studied Haqiqatul-Wahi [ The Philosophy of Divine Revelation ] with the fear of God, they would surely believe. The Promised Messiah as said: The fear of God no longer remains in them. Why would they have opposed me if they were afraid of God? God has given His ultimatum. Great Signs were manifested in my support, but what can be done about these people? There are so many Signs. Let them bring the like of any of them. Forget about additional Signs, one should ask them, twenty-six to twenty-seven years have elapsed since my claim, and thousands of Signs appeared in my support, present the example of a liar who forged a lie against God and was given such a long respite and was shown so many Signs in his support, and God annihilated, destroyed, and denigrated his opponents while God knew that he was a fabricator. Present any parallel. The practice of Allah is such that when someone appears as an Appointee of God then some people like ‘Abdul- H ak i m and others put forward the claim of receiving ilh a m and say that they are Messengers as well, but such people present their claim after [the true claimant]. Observe that after our Noble Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had already made his claim and it had become widely known then Musailimah al-Kadhdh a b and others also made their claim. Similarly, these people started to present their claims after the passage of twenty-six to twenty-seven years of my claim. The Sign of the True Claimant But keep in mind that this, too, is a Sign of the truthful one that he presents his claim before others and does not mimic any- one. Ab u Sufyan and others when they went before the Caesar