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Family and Personal Background 17 confronted with all sorts of difficulties. Thereupon I received another revelation: اليس الله بكاف عبده That is to say, is not Allāh sufficient for His servant? This revelation conveyed great comfort and satisfac- tion to me and it firmly fixed itself in my heart like an iron nail. I swear by God Almighty in Whose hand is my life that He has fulfilled this comforting revelation in a manner that was beyond my imagination. He has provided for me as no father could have provided for anyone. I have been the recipient of His continuous bounties, which I find impossible to deny. My father died the same day after sunset. This was the first day on which I experienced a sign of Divine mercy through revelation concerning which I cannot imagine that it would ever cease to have effect dur- ing my lifetime. I had the words of the revelation carved on a semi-precious stone and set it in a ring, which I have with me securely. Nearly 40 years of my life passed under the care of my father, and with his departure from this life, I began to receive Divine revelations continuously and abundantly. [Kitab-ul-Bariyyah, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 13, pp. 162-195, footnote]