The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 353
Repeated Challenges. And for the sake of the love that my heart has cultivated for You;. Come forth Yourself to vindicate me;. O You Who are my Refuge and my Shelter and my last Resort. . With that fire which You have lit in my heart;. And with which You have utterly consumed everything beside You;. Light up my countenance with the same fire;. And convert my dark night into bright day. 353 [Haqiqat-ul-Mahdī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 14, p. 434]. Evidence in the Form of Divine Blessings. I have set out in these announcements the lights of the power of faith that have been manifested to me in an extraordinary manner in the shape of support from the unseen. They are proofs of the grace and mercy of God. Almighty and of nearness to Him and have been bestowed on this humble one by virtue of my strong faith and adherence to the straight path. This spiritual station cannot be claimed by any of my opponents. If anyone contests this statement, let him stand forth and compare the blessings bestowed upon him on account of his following his own religion, with those that have been bestowed on me. But no one has stood up to confront me, nor is it within the power of a frail human being to stand up merely on the basis of his cunning, wicked designs or bigoted obstinacy, against this Movement which God. Almighty has established with His own hand. . I affirm truly that if anyone stands up against this. Movement to display blessings enjoyed by him, he will be struck down with great humiliation, as this Movement is not of man but is from that Mighty and Powerful Being