Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 98
98 grew ever more insistent that I should somehow break the oath I had sworn to the Great and Mighty God. Indeed, I am won- der struck by [your demand]! Are you a man or some animal? O ignorant one! Are you urging me to break my oath while you have been given the right to present your objections as many times as you like? You turning your back at this point is only due to the corruption of your heart and your vile intentions. I swear by God who causes rain to descend from the clouds and brings forth fruit from the sprouts that your intentions are mischievous and not based on truthfulness and righteousness. Allah alone knows what devious plans you have in mind that you have come to Qadian. I wonder what purpose you have in coming here. So, Allah made you drink from your own bowl and made your hopelessness manifest to you. My eyes continuously beheld you, and tried to appraise and judge you until it became evident to me that you are a self-centred person and a pretender and that you do not thirst for the truth nor are you a seeker of the truth. You only intend to become famous among the ignorant people who themselves are imprisoned in the dungeon of the evil-whispering Satan. Moreover, just as I myself have sworn, I ask you to swear by Allah who is swift in retribution that you would not leave this town until you have presented all your doubts in the manner that I have prescribed in my writing and heard the answers given by me. I pray to Allah, the All-Hearing, the Acceptor of Prayer, the Omnipotent, the One Who is Near, that He may pronounce curse upon the one who breaks his oath and leaves without having set- tled this debate and mutual dispute. He had been informed of the pronouncement of this curse via a letter. So, I waited and thought that either he would become frightened by the pronouncement