Divine Manifestations — Page 21
21 later during my lifetime. The words of the prophecy clearly stated that the liar would die during the lifetime of the truthful. He held Christianity to be true, while I claimed that Islam is the true religion. So God caused him to perish within my lifetime and established my truthfulness. Is this the standard of the Maulaw i s ’ honesty that they keep harping upon 'the fifteen months', and do not mention the other aspects of the prophecy? They do not realize that in the case of Jonah as there was a categorical prophecy that chastisement would fall upon his people within forty days, but that chastisement never came and Jonah as died during the lifetime of many of his people. Alas! if these people had any honest intentions, they would—after the incident of ‘Abdull a h A tham— have at least reflected upon the clear fulfilment of the prophecy regarding Lekh Ram, which not only foretold the exact time and mode of death, but did not have any conditions attached to it either. But how can we expect those, whose hearts have become darkened by prejudice, to ponder over these matters? If they had an iota of fairness in their hearts, they could have undertaken an easy test by providing me with a written list of all my prophecies which they think