Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 17
The newspaper Al-LiwĀ’ & a Heavenly Sign 17 an imposter and continuously spread propaganda to denounce me. Thus every kinsman severed his ties with me. I was rained with such a large number of false accusations that the whole earth was turned into a marsh for me. The ignorant among them ridi- culed me and did not fear their Great Creator. Indeed, they could soon have their jaws dislodged due to their laughters. Their schol- ars made them dance like a performer makes a monkey dance, so as to amuse the audience. Fools, therefore, follow in the footsteps of these scholars like a tamed dog and like a crippled person who follows another crippled person. There is neither a gathering nor a meeting that ends without invoking curse on me and on those who have pledged allegiance to me. In fact, these people declare the righteous to be sinners. And, I know not about any of their gatherings whereby they did not shout at me or did not invoke curse upon me. Their hordes severely tormented me as well as a handful of my followers. At times, we found ourselves trapped in the jaws of death due to the machinations of these co-called scholars. Out of sheer slander and injustice, we were dragged before the rulers. Those who accused us of infidelity incited the most ignoble and mean lot of people to stand up against us. They hatched all kinds of plans to uproot us and extinguish the lights of our truthfulness. We were greatly troubled and everyone, regard- less of whether they were present or absent, became our enemy. However, by the grace of the Almighty we were neither shaken nor perturbed. We waited for the help of the Omnipotent before whom we prostrate. Through lies and imposture, they called me impious and igno- rant and exceeded all limits in reviling me. If I had not intended