Arba'in — Page 80
80 and not that people create the means time and again, and God keeps wiping out all such means! 1 ٭ Are these really the signs of a liar: that the Quran stands wit- ness for him, Heavenly Signs descend in his support, reasoning also supports him, and all those who desire his death, go on dying themselves! Certainly, I do not believe that after the time of the Holy Prophet, the opponents of any men of God and truth ever faced such manifest defeat and disgrace as was faced by my ene- mies in their opposition to me. If they attacked my honour, they themselves were disgraced in the end. If by attacking my life they 1. ٭ Consider what efforts did Maulaw i Abu Sa‘ i d Muhammad Husain Batalavi not make to annihilate me? He quarrelled with God absolutely boastfully the claim that he alone had raised my profile, and that he himself would bring me down. But he knows well—what was the result of his boasting? It is sad that in this sentence of his he clearly lied about something in the past, and then made a false prediction about the fu- ture. Who was he and what station did he have to give me eminence! This was God’s favour upon me, and beside that I was beholden to no one else for this favour! First of all, He gave me birth in a very noble family, and saved me from any blemish in my lineage. Then, He Himself stood up in my support. What a pity that these people degrade them- selves so low by making up completely false stories that have no basis in reality. The truth is that this unfortunate person attacked me in every possible way, but remained unsuccessful. He tried to stop people from taking Bai‘at [the Pledge of Allegiance], but it resulted in thousands of people entering into my Bai‘at. In the false criminal case of attempted murder, he attacked my honour by appearing as a witness on the side of Christian priests. However, he immediately reaped the fruit of his intention when he requested a chair [to sit on in the court and was re- jected]. He published filthy announcements concerning my private life, to which God has already given a response. There is no need to mention them here. Author