As I have just written, when I was apprised of the news that my father would pass away after sunset, I, being human, was distressed upon hearing this news. Moreover, most of the means of our livelihood were contingent upon his life. He received a pension from the British Government as well as a large sum of gratuity, which was contingent upon him being alive. Therefore, the thought crossed my mind as to what would happen after his demise. The anxiety surfaced in my heart that perhaps we would face days of deprivation and hardship. All this concern flashed across my mind in the fraction of a second, quite like lightning. At that very moment, I felt drowsy and received the second revelation:
Meaning that, is not God sufficient for His servant?
My heart was strengthened by this revelation from Allah as a gravely painful wound is instantly healed with a balm. The fact is that it has been verified repeatedly that divine revelation has an intrinsic quality to grant comfort. At the root of this quality lies the certainty which one acquires regarding God’s revelation. Alas! What kind of revelations do these people have that, despite their claim of being the recipients of revelation, they also confess that their revelations are only conjectural affairs and they do not know whether they are satanic or divine? The harm of such revelations is greater than their benefit. But I swear by God that I believe in these revelations of mine just as I do in the Holy Quran and other Scriptures. Just as I believe with certainty and conviction that the Holy Quran is the Word of God, so do I believe the Word that descends upon me to be the Word of God, for I behold the refulgence and light of God with it and I find Signs of God’s providence accompanying it.
In short, I immediately understood that God would not let me be wasted when I received the revelation:
[Is not God sufficient for His servant?]
After this, I wrote down the revelation and handed it to Malawamal who is a Hindu, a khatri by caste, a resident of Qadian, and is still alive. I related the entire incident to him and despatched him to Amritsar so that, through the good offices of Hakim Maulawi Muhammad Sharif of Kalanaur, he may get it engraved in a stone and get a stamp made. I selected this Hindu gentleman for this task with the sole intention of making him a witness to this grand prophecy, and so that Maulawi Muhammad Sharif should become a witness too. As a result, through the agency of the respected Maulawi, the signet ring was prepared at the cost of five rupees and delivered to me. It is still with me. Its tracing is:
I received this revelation at a time when our means of livelihood and comfort were wholly dependent upon my father’s meagre income. Not even a single person from the outside knew me, for I was an unknown individual lying in obscurity in a desolate village like Qadian. After this, God, in keeping with His prophecy, turned a world towards me and helped me financially with such successive victories for which I do not have the words to express my gratitude. Considering my dire condition, I did not expect that even ten rupees a month would come. But God Almighty, who raises the poor from dust and reduces the arrogant to dust, helped me so much so that I can say with confidence that, until now, about 300,000 rupees, or perhaps even more, have already come.1 This income may be estimated from the fact that the monthly expenditure for the Langar Khanah [public kitchen] alone has been running at 1,500 rupees on an average for so many years, and other categories of expenses like the school etc. and the printing of books are besides it.
Hence it is worth noting, indeed, with what clarity, might, and glory this prophecy has been fulfilled:
[Is not God sufficient for His servant?]
Is this the work of an impostor? Or are these satanic insinuations? Certainly not! On the contrary, it is the work of the Almighty in whose hands lie honour, dishonour, adversity, and prosperity. If you do not trust this statement of mine, you may examine the official postal records of the past twenty years and you would know how the door of income has been opened during this period of time, though this income was not limited to delivery by post. Thousands of rupees are received when people donate in person by coming to Qadian, and there is also the income in the form of the currency notes sent in envelopes.
1 Although thousands of rupees have come by money orders, many more have been given from devotees by hand or in the form of currency notes that came in letters. Some devotees sent currency notes or gold without disclosing their names and I still do not know what their names are. (Author)