93. Ninety-Third Sign

Is a prophecy concerning matters of my inheritance. Some non-occupant relatives, who were co-owners in our property in Qadian, filed a lawsuit in a court at Gurdaspur for its acquisition. At that I prayed they should fail in their lawsuit. In reply to this, God Almighty said:

Meaning that, I shall accept all your prayers but not in the matter of your collaterals.1

It was then that I realized that—in this or in some other court—the plaintiffs would finally succeed. This revelation descended with such force that I thought it might perhaps have been heard by close neighbours. After being informed of divine will, I went home. My brother, the late Mirza Ghulam Qadir, was still alive. I narrated the entire matter to him in the presence of all members of the family. He replied, ‘We have already spent quite a lot of money. Had you said it earlier, we would not have contested the suit.’ But this objection on his part was only perfunctory; he was quite convinced of his success and triumph. So he did succeed in the lower court; however, the plaintiffs succeeded in the chief court, and not only did we incur all the courts’ expenses, but we also had to pay back all the money we had borrowed ourselves to pursue the case.

Thus we suffered a loss of thousands of rupees. My brother was greatly shocked. Although I had told him a number of times that our collaterals had sold their share to Mirza A‘zam Baig of Lahore, and that he [Mirza Ghulam Qadir] should invoke his pre-emptive rights by making the payment, he did not accept this advice and the opportunity was lost. Therefore, he regretted why he did not follow the revelation of God. This episode is so well known that nearly fifty persons are aware of it, for many people including some Hindus were apprised of this revelation.