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22 Moreover, Muhammad H asan’s critique of my book I‘j a zul-Mas ih was also flawed. He had yet to revise the text when he died. But Mehr ‘Al i , who has no grasp of Arabic, blindly accepted his arguments as literal truths. How calamitous for him that his grand larceny was dis- covered. Despite professing to be the successor of a saint he told a deliberate lie and passed off as his own a book which contained mistakes so flagrant they verged on being offensive. Is the punishment of hell more furious than this shame and embarrassment? 20 To extract my repentance, it will not suffice for Ha fi z Sahib to produce a past tract authored by a false claim- ant who categorically enunciates that the revelations fact that it was without any merit whatsoever. Thus, he was guilty of three great sins. Is this not a miracle? [Author] * Whosoever insults you will not die before he sees his own humiliation. [Publishers] 20 I am currently writing a comprehensive book Nuz u lul- Mas ih , which will in part discuss the issue of Mehr Al i ’s plagiarism, his ignorant acceptance of false criticism and his erroneous assertion that the Son of Mary is still alive and other such matters which result from ignorance and a lack of understanding. Eleven sections of the book have already been published. Soon, the hollow edifice of his particular school of thought will collapse around him and the rising cloud of dust and ash will hurt his eyes and bring misery upon him. [Author]