A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 21
21 has demonstrated that the example of a few is enough to establish the truth of prophetic warnings. In this particu- lar case there is no shortage of examples. Is it not disgrace enough for my opponents that Ghul a m Dastag i r met his end soon after cursing me in his book Fat h i-Ra h m a n i ( p. 27 ) and asking God to curse the one out of the two of us who was a liar. 1 17 Muhammad H asan Bh i ń wrote ۡ ﻟَﻌ ُ ﻨَﺔ َۡ اﻟﻠʄَʋ ِ ɟȹ َ اﻟʆَۡﺎذِﺑِني 18 with refer- ence to me in his book, but met his end before he ever had the chance to complete it. P i r Mehr ‘Al i Sh a h in- voked the same curse on me. Soon after, he was ac- cused of plagiarism for he stole the work of Muhammad H asan after his death, and falsely passed it off as his own. 19 He lied and named the book Saif-e-Chishti a’i. 17 Think, is it not a miracle that the same maulaw i who had obtained edicts of apostasy against me from the injudicious maulaw i s of Mecca, fell victim to the Mub a halah. [Author] 18 Let the curse of Allah befall the liars. [Publishers] 19 By accepting the criticism made by Muhammad H asan, Mehr ‘Al i , rather absurdly, accused me of copying proverbs and sayings from other works such as Muq ama t-e- H ar iri. I did indeed reproduce them in my book but in the form of extracts or citations that cover no more than two or three lines. In the opinion of this vacuous man this was evidence of plagiarism. But the prophecy * َ اِىنِّ ﻣُﻬِنيٌۡ ﻣَّﻦۡ اَرَادَ اِﻫَﺎﻧَﺘَک loomed over him and he instead was found guilty of stealing a whole book. He lied and put his faith in false criticism and did not grasp the