Some Signs are such that there is not even a minute’s delay in their fulfilment. They are fulfilled instantly. In these particular cases it is rare to get an eyewitness. This is that kind of a Sign in which one day, after the morning Prayer, I fell into a state of vision and during that time I saw in that state of vision that my son, Mubarak Ahmad, had come in from outside when his foot slipped on the floor mat that was lying near me, and he had fallen down; he was badly hurt and his whole shirt was covered with blood.
I mentioned this vision to Mubarak Ahmad’s mother who was standing nearby. Just as I finished telling her, Mubarak Ahmad came running from one side. As he reached the mat, his foot slipped. He was badly hurt and his shirt was drenched with blood. Thus, this prophecy was fulfilled within one minute.
An ignorant person might assert that no reliance can be placed upon the testimony of a wife. Such a one does not realize that everyone protects his faith and refrains from lying after taking an oath in the name of God.
What is more, most of the witnesses to the miracles of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were his friends and his wives. That kind of assertion would falsify all those miracles too. The witnesses to most of the Signs are these very people because they alone have the privilege of keeping constant company. How can the enemies have the fortune to witness such Signs that are foretold through a prophecy on one hand and are fulfilled instantane- ously on the other hand? The enemy keeps a distance—both in heart and in body.