61. Sixty-First Sign

Is the prophecy about the death of my brother, Mirza Ghulam Qadir. I received a revelation, as if one of my sons had said:

[O uncle! You played away your life and left me deeply sorrowful].

This prophecy was also communicated to the same Aryah Sharampat ahead of time. This revelation meant that my brother would die an untimely and sudden death which would cause much grief. The day I received this revelation or a day earlier a son was born to the aforementioned Sharampat, whom he named Amin Chand. He came to me and informed me of the birth of the son whom he had named Amin Chand. I told him: ‘I have just received the revelation:

[O uncle! You played away your life and left me deeply sorrowful.]

However, its meaning has not yet been disclosed to me and I am afraid it might well refer to your son, Amin Chand, for your visits to me are so frequent, and occasionally one happens to receive a revelation about someone who is in close contact.’

He was alarmed at this statement and, the moment he went back home, he changed the name of his son and named him Gokal Chand instead of Amin Chand.

That boy is still alive and is a Reader in the Resettlement Department of some district. It was later disclosed to me that this revelation was an indication of my brother’s death. Accordingly, my brother died suddenly two or three days thereafter, and that son of mine was grieved by his death. Sharampat, who is an extremely prejudiced Aryah, became a witness by getting involved in this chain of events.

If you ask why the meaning of the divine revelation was not disclosed at that very moment, my rejoinder is that the meanings of the Quranic acronyms have not been disclosed even until now. Who knows what 1 means, and what 2 means, and what 3 means? Moreover, about the verse, 4 hadith reports that the Holy Prophet said, ‘I still do not know its meaning.’ He also said, ‘I was given a bunch of heavenly grapes that was meant for Abu Jahl. I could not understand its implication until Ikrimah, his son, embraced Islam.’ Also, he had said: ‘I was shown the land to which I was to migrate but it did not occur to me that it was Madinah.’ In short, such objections arise in the hearts on account of ignorance about the ways of Allah.