Tadhkirah — Page 574
574 will not hereafter perceive any wicked element or mischief from our side. That is to say, they will then behave and will give up reviling and abusing me. The revelation that I have now received is in accord with the revelation mentioned in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah that the plague would spread after sometime. As was said in my revelation: [Arabic] We shall bestow Our favour upon this Y u suf [Joseph] that We might remove from him all evil and indecency. Meaning that the plague would be a favour in the sense that God would create fear in my foul-mouthed enemies to stop them from abusing and reviling me. Another revelation referring to the same period is as if the earth addressed me saying: Meaning that [Arabic] O friend of Allah, I had not recognised you. A full explanation of this is that the earth was presented before me in a state of vision and it said to me that it had not recognised me until then that I was [the friend of the Gracious God]. [D a fi‘ul-Bal a ’ , p. 8 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in vol. 18, pp. 228–229 footnote] 1902 I was writing on the topic 613 of Char a gh D i n 614 when I was overtaken by a light slumber and received the revelation from the Lord of Honour and Glory: 613 Pages 19–22 of D a fi‘ul-Bal a ’ , April 23, 1902. [Mirza Bashir Ahmad]