Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 27
DEFENCE AGAINST THE PLAGUE & A CRITERION FOR THE ELECT OF GOD 27 above-mentioned revelations cited in Barāhīn that people would criticise me, saying: Have you discovered meanings of the Holy Quran and ahādīth, which you now present, that were not known to our earlier scholars and elders. Allah the Exalted retorted that although such is precisely the case, there was noth- ing extraordinary in this. After all, the ulema of the past were not Prophets. When Dawūd, who was a Prophet, erred in his judgement, God granted his son Sulaimān the ability to arrive at a just decision. So this 'Sulaiman, who has been appointed as the Promised Messiah, is more correct [in his judgement] than your elders in the same way that Prophet Sulaiman proved to be more correct than his father Dāwūd. And if Maulavi Ahmad Hasan does not desist through any means, then the time has now come that he should come to know by heavenly decree. That is, if he truly considers me a liar, and believes my revelations to be human inventions and not the word of God, he may avail himself of a simple mode of inquiry [to determine the truth]. So, just as I have received revelation from the Exalted God: انه اوى القرية لو لا الاكرام لهلك المقام [He will give shelter to the town after it has suffered a little. Had it not been out of regard for you, this town would have been ruined. ] Let him also write انه اوی امروهه He has given shelter to Amroha[. After all, God does listen to the call of a believer. What kind of a believer is a person whose own prayers go unheard while the prayers of someone he considers to be a dajjal [antichrist],