Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 145
POSTSCRIPT—RESPONSE TO SOME CRITICS' OBJECTIONS 145 would chastise Atma Rām with the death of his children. I communi- cated this vision to the members of my Jama'at. Then it so happened that within the span of 20 or 25 days two of his sons died. In the end, Atma Rām could not sentence me to imprisonment despite the fact that he laid the foundation for imprisonment in writing his judgment, but God held him back from that design, yet he imposed a fine of 700 rupees. Subsequently, I was honourably acquitted by the court of the Divisional Judge. 1* Karam Din's sentence was maintained and my fine was remitted but Atma Rām's two sons did not come back. In short, the pleasure my opposing maulawis had wished to get in Karam Din's trial remained unfulfilled and, in accordance with the divine prophecy which had already been published in my book Mawāhibur-Rahman ['Bounties of the Gracious God'], I was acquit- ted, my fine was remitted, and the issuing officer's [i. e. Ātma Rām's] order was set aside. Moreover, he was reprimanded that the order was uncalled for. However, Karam Dīn, as I had already published in Mawāhibur-Raḥmān, was punished and the judgment of the court put a seal of affirmation on his being a liar. All our opposing maulawis failed in the realization of their designs. It is a pity that despite such repeated discomfitures my opponents did not realize at any time that there is a Hidden Hand with this person that protects him from every one of their attacks. If it had not been for their misfortune, they would have recognised the miraculous way in which God Almighty protected me from the harm they intended to 1. The Divisional Judge of Amritsar, who was an Englishman, carried out a thorough investigation into this litigation, and in accordance with the re- quirements of justice, delivered the judgment that was required by compre- hensive inquiry and the norms of justice. He wrote in his judgment in his own words that the words used by the defendant-appellant regarding Karam Din, the respondent-plaintiff―words of ‘liar and malicious'—were supposed to have warranted the defamation suit, but even if the appellant had used harsher words about Karam Din, he would still have been deserving of them. (Author)