The prophecies of Nimatullah Shai Wali have been here for ages. It is also mentioned in some books that Lord Byron or Kurzon,(sorry, can t recall the actual name) banned these after 1857 war of independence as it was clearly mentioned in them that the FARANGI rule will be a temporary one in sub continent and they would leave in 90 years.
ZH should be given a credit to bring them or Iqbal's concepts to the lime light. At least someone is trying to share something like that with the youth. Otherwise, most of us are afraid to read anything on our own as Iqbal seems to be talking in a foreign language.
When I first went through these prophecies, I asked one of my well learned friend about these and he told me that he has a copy of Wali Shah's poetry in his library. So, this is something that people knew about but never brought it to the surface.
There are several translations available on the internet, including Zaid Hamid's too. He also did a series on the prediction of Nimatullah Wali that is available on youtube. There is another very interesting program ''role of spiritual forces in the history''.
But important thing to understand that such inspirational work, either Iqbal's poetry or Nimatullah Shah's prophecies should make us work hard for the righteous cause, with a background belief that we just have to play our part and Allah-swt will help us for sure. To take these as a reason for not taking a stand, not working hard etc etc is not justified.