173. [One Hundred Seventy-Third] Sign

When Charagh Din, a resident of Jammu, broke allegiance from me and joined hands with my opponents, he did not just rest content with abuses, but claimed his own revelation and divine discourse. Furthermore, he publicly announced that he had received the revelation through the word of God Almighty that this person—referring to me—was the Dajjal. Thereupon, in the footnote on page twenty-three of my book, Dafi‘ul-Bala’i wa Mi‘yaru Ahlil-Istifa’ [‘Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God’], I published the revelation I had received concerning Charagh Din, which is as follows:

[I shall punish him who doubts.]

And in Urdu, I received the following revelation concerning him:

‘I shall annihilate him; I shall destroy him; I shall send down My wrath if he—that is, Charagh Din—doubts and does not believe him—that is me, being the Promised Messiah—and does not repent of his claim to be the apostle of God.’

This prophecy was made three years before the death of Charagh Din as is evident from the date of the publication of the booklet Dafi‘ul- Bala’. I do not recall at this time if I have already recorded this prophecy or not. If it has already been written, then this Sign has already been recorded in this book. It was necessary to record this Sign here again for elaborating the second prophecy. Anyway, three years after this prophecy, Charagh Din died and his death was caused by the disease of divine wrath; meaning, the plague. This is the very reason why this prophecy is recorded in the booklet about the plague; that is, Dafi‘ul-Bala’. Another Sign closely related to this prophecy is Charagh Din’s own mubahalah [prayer duel]. Therefore I record that Sign separately below along with this prophecy and it is as follows.