Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 226
226 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION O ignorant ones! Now that God, in keeping with His own practice, has perfected the argument in favour of His upright Faith, what good is there in entertaining doubts in it and reiterating absurdities despite God having perfected the argument? If at all there is someone in the knowl- edge of God concerning whom the argument still remains incomplete, his case rests with God; it is not for us to debate the issue. Of course, if a person who is totally unaware of Islam, dies in the state of unawareness— for instance, the minors, the insane or the residents of a country where the message of Islam has not reached—then they stand excused. It is worth mentioning, among other things, that ‘Abdul-Ḥakim Khān, like his ilk, has made the accusation that I have been telling lies and that I am a dajjal [deceiver], corrupt, and an embezzler. In his book- let, al-Masīḥud-Dajjāl, he has listed a number of my 'vices. Thus, he has called me selfish, egotistical, arrogant, Antichrist, Satan, ignorant, insane, great liar, lazy, corrupt, one who breaks his word, and an embezzler. He has accused me of many other vices which are written in his booklet al-Masiḥud-Dajjal. Indeed, these are the same vices which the Jews still impute to Hadrat 'Īsā. It is indeed an occasion for rejoicing that the Jews of this ummah have attributed to me exactly the same vices. But I do not want to reply to all these allegations and abuses. Instead, I leave all this to God. If indeed I am what 'Abdul-Hakim and his ilk think I am, then who would be a greater enemy of mine than God Almighty? But if, in the estimation of God, I am not like this, then to my mind, the better course would be to leave it to God Almighty to rebut these allegations. Such is always the way of God that when no decision can be reached on earth, He assumes charge of the dispute regarding any of His Messengers and decides the issue Himself. Were any of my opponents to reflect, their alle- gations, too, prove to be a miraculous Sign in my support. I am [accord- ing to them] such a depraved and wicked man that, on the one hand, I have been fabricating lies about God Almighty for as many as twenty-five years, that during the night I concoct a few things and in the morning pronounce them to be the revelation from God, and on the other, I have been cruel to God's creatures in that I have misappropriated thousands