Some Hidden Pearls — Page 78
benefited by the earliest shower of rain; now hurry up and come for a share in the latest shower. All this, indeed, is destined to be so%; Allah Himself conveyed to the Promised Messiah the heartening news that the righteous people among the Arabs, and the Syrian saints would one day recognise him and send blessings on him. (Tazkira, Second Edition, page 168) 13. In this connection it is also to be borne in mind that since this is the age of learning and scientific progress; and since, in accordance with the Quranic prophecies, the earth now is destined to throw out, before the eyes of the world, everything 'weighty' that had lain concealed in it (see Sura Zilizal, verse 3), in the case of the Reformer of this age, too, Allah has desired that he should be given miracles in the field of learning, refraining, as far as possible, from the old types of miracles, which usually 78