Arba'in — Page 68
68 Muradabad; Sheikh Khal i l-ur-Ra h m a n Jam a l i Sarsawah, District Saharanpur; Maulaw i ‘Abdul ‘Az i z, Ludhiana; Maulaw i Muhammad, Ludhiana; Maulaw i Muhammad Hasan, Ludhiana; Maulaw i Ahmad Allah Amritsari; Maulaw i ‘Abdul-Jabb a r Ghaznavi also Amritsari; Maulaw i Ghulam Ras u l, also known as Rusul Baba; Maulaw i ‘Abdull a h Tonki, Lahore; Maulaw i ‘Abdull a h Chakralvi, Lahore; Deputy Fate h ‘Al i Sh a h–Deputy Collector Canals, Lahori; Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh–Accountant, Lahore; Munsh i ‘Abdul H aqq–Accountant, Pensioner; Maulaw i Muhammad H asan Abul-Faiz–resident Bhayni; Maulaw i Syed Umar Wa‘iz, Hyderabad; Ulema-e-Nadwatul-Islam care of Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i –Secretary Nadwatul-Ulema; Maulaw i Sult a n-ud-D i n, Jaipur; Maulaw i Mas ih uz-Zam a n, Tutor Niz a m, Shahjahanpur; Maulaw i ‘Abdul W ah id Khan, Shahjahanpur; Maulaw i A‘z a z H usain Kh a n, Shahjahanpur; Maulaw i Ri a sat ‘Al i Kh a n, Shahjahanpur; Syed S uf i J a n Sh a h, Meeruth; Maulaw i Is ha q, Patiala; all Ulema of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras; all Sajj a dah Nash i n [the inheritor of a spiritual endowment] and Mash a’ ikh [patriarchs] of India; all people of intelligence, justice, righteousness and faith from among the Muslims. Be it known that in a meeting in Lahore, Ha fi z Muhammad Y u suf, Canal Revenue Collector, under the influence of his igno- rant and misguided clerics, has stated with full confidence that if anyone falsely claims to be a Prophet, or a Messenger, or an Appointed One from Allah, and thus seeks to misguide peo- ple, that such a fraudulent person can survive for twenty-three years or more. What he means to say is that a person surviving for twenty-three years after fabricating a lie against Allah cannot serve as an argument in support of his truthfulness. Those who