Arba'in — Page 95
ARBAʻIN NUMBER THREE 95 Messenger or an Appointee from God. In addition, it also needs to be proven that this habit of lying has been going on for up to twenty-three years. We are not very well acquainted with Hafız Muhammad Yūsuf, but we hold no hope of even this. God knows best what the intentions behind his actions are. We remember two of his statements, but we have heard that he now denies them: 1. First, a few years ago he said in large rallies that Maulawi Abdullah Ghaznavi had told him that a light descended upon Qadian from the heavens, but his progeny remained deprived of it. 2. Second, God Almighty appeared in the likeness of a human being and said to him that 'Mirza Ghulam Ahmad stands on [the side of] truth. Why are people rejecting him?' At present the thought occurs to me that if Hafiz Şahib is now denying these two instances that he has repeatedly told so many people, then-God forbid—he has, without a doubt, slandered God. ¹* A truthful person does not deny his words even if he meets death, just as his brother Muhammad Yaqūb has given clear 1. I certainly will not accept that Hafız Şahib denies these two incidents. Not only am I personally a witness to these incidents, but a large num- ber of Muslims are also witness to them. In the book Izāla-e-Auhām, his verbal statement about Maulawi Abdullah's vision has been published. I am certain that Hafız Şahib will not speak such a manifest lie even though he may have to face great trouble from the people. His broth- er, Muhammad Yaqūb, did not deny it, then why should he! Speaking falsehood is not less than becoming an apostate. Author