124. [One Hundred-Twenty Fourth] Sign

When I was writing Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, people were not inclined towards me at all, nor was I well known in the world. I happened to have an acute need for funds for which I prayed to God. It was then that I received this revelation:

Meaning that, money will most assuredly come after ten days; nothing will come before it. The help of God is near and just as when the she-camel raises her tail to deliver, her delivery is imminent, so close indeed is Allah’s help. Then God said a sentence in English that when the amount is received after ten days, ‘then will you go to Amritsar’.

I communicated this prophecy to the three Hindus—namely, Sharampat, Malawamal, and Bishandas—all of whom are Aryas, and told them to remember that the money would arrive by mail and that for ten days, nothing would arrive by mail. In addition to these Hindus, quite a few Muslims were also apprised of this prophecy beforehand to make it well known, for this prophecy had two unique features: (1) It was categorically stated that nothing would come for ten days, and that on the eleventh day money would arrive without delay and without pause; and (2) The other peculiar feature was that with the arrival of the money, it would so happen that I would have to go to Amritsar.

Thus did this marvellous Sign of God’s providence appear that for ten days after receiving the revelation not a single penny arrived. The above-mentioned Aryas visited the Post Office daily to investigate. In those days the sub-postmaster also happened to be a Hindu. When the eleventh day dawned, it was a day of odd spectacle for these Aryas. They so eagerly waited for the prophecy to turn out to be false. Some of them went to the Post Office and returned, looking rather glum. They said that Muhammad Afdal Khan, a Superintendent of Settlement, Rawalpindi had sent 110 rupees and so had another gentleman remitted twenty rupees. In short, 130 rupees in all were received and sufficed for the needs at that time. On the same day that this amount was received, a summons from the Summary Court, Amritsar, was also delivered to me to appear as a witness.

As I have stated, many people are witness to the fulfilment of this prophecy. A reference to the Postal Register, Qadian will also bear out that for a full ten days prior to the date on which these 130 rupees were received, no money order worth a penny is on record against my name in the aforesaid Register. Again, if you study the office record of the Summary Court, Amritsar, of the same date, you will find my deposition there in the file of the lawsuit about one Rajab Ali, a Christian missionary. This Sign was manifested in the year 1884 CE. Under the same reference, the Postal Register can be examined and under the same reference, my deposition in the Summary Court, Amritsar can be traced. In case the Hindu witnesses refuse to testify, they may be obliged to speak the truth under oath. This prophecy is recorded on pages 4691 and 470 of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya and the names of these Aryas are referred to. If those people did not happen to be the eyewitnesses to this prophecy, it doesn’t stand to reason that they should have remained silent for so long despite being extremely hostile. Why did they remain silent from 1884 CE until now, 1906 CE, despite the knowledge that in my books and pronouncements I have repeatedly written their names as witnesses? It was their right to refute all the testimonies concerning them as recorded in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. It must be remembered that three Hindus are mentioned in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya as witnesses of the prophecies: first of all is Lalah Sharampat Khatri, second is Lalah Malawamal Khatri, and third is Bishandas Brahman. Wherever the term Aryas occurs in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya these alone are meant; others too are meant elsewhere. Furthermore, this prophecy contains an English sentence which is also a Sign in my favour as I do not know English at all. By stating this prophecy in Urdu, Arabic, and English, God has fully laid bare its intent. It is a great Sign indeed, but only for those whose eyes are not blinded by prejudice.