Arba'in — Page 81
Number Three 81 said that the standard for judging my truth or falsehood is that I would die first, then they themselves died. Maulaw i Ghulam Dastagir’s book is not beyond reach; it has been published for some time. Look how boldly he writes that whoever is the liar between us two shall die first, and then he him- self died. It is clear from this that those people who longed for my death and prayed to God that whoever is the liar between us two shall die first, ultimately died—not one nor two, but five men said exactly so—and all have departed from this world. The outcome of this for the remaining maulaw i s —such as Muhammad H usain Batalavi, Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Jabb a r Ghaznavi also Amritsari, ‘Abdul H aqq Ghaznavi also Amritsari, Maulaw i P i r Mehr ‘Al i Sh a h Golarhvi, Rash i d Ahmad Gangohi, Na zi r H usain Dehlavi, Rusul B a b a Amritsari, Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh Accountant, and Ha fi z Muhammad Y u suf Revenue Collector Canals, and others—was certainly not to take any benefit from this obvious miracle nor to fear God and offer taubah [repentance]! Of course, following these several examples, these people lost all hope and they became frightened from writing in this man- ner. مثال اِل ذا بما تقدمت ا ھ كتبوا بمثل ی فلن [They will never write the like of this based upon the precedents (I have) cited]. This was no small miracle that those who had established the liar’s death as the standard for the verdict have all fallen fast asleep in their graves before my death. Also, in the debate with Deputy A tham, I had announced in the presence of nearly sixty people that whoever is the liar between the two of us will die first. Hence, A tham had also testified to my truth through his death. I feel pity over the plight of these people—what misfortune their narrow-mindedness has driven them to! Whenever they ask