Arba'in — Page 172
172 ARBAIN and I have the handwritten statement of the second person with me. Now, explain this to me. There are two parties: One party declares me a kāfir and ascribes the epithet dajjal to me, and proclaims its hostile revelations, amongst whom is Munshi Ilāhī Bakhsh the Accountant, who is a disciple of Maulawī Abdullah; and the other party considers me to be heavenly light and discloses its visions in this regard, such as the spiritual guide of Munshi Ilāhī Bakhsh, Maulawi Abdullah Ghaznavi, and Pīr Şahib-ul-Alam [the Standard Bearer (Jhanday Wala)]. Now, how outrageous a situation it is that the saintly spiritual master testifies to my truth upon receiving a revelation from God, but the disciple declares me a kāfır! Is this not blatant mischief? Is it not imperative that measures be taken to remove this mischief from our midst? And the process for this is that we initially address that individual-namely, Ilahi Bakhsh the Accountant, who opposed his own spiritual master- and invite him to settle this matter in two ways: first, in a meeting, in my presence or the presence of my