Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 229
POSTSCRIPT QUESTION (9) 229 booklet Dhikrul-Hakim, ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm Khān writes about me: 'I have no equivocation about you, I still believe that you are the like of the Messiah, that you are the Messiah, and that you are the like of Prophets. Again, on page 12 of the same book, from line 15 to 20, there is a passage affirming my claim, which is reproduced here in bold letters: There was one Maulawi, Muhammad Hasan Baig, a mater- nal cousin of mine who was bitterly opposed to your gra- cious self. I was informed concerning him, in a dream, that if he persisted in his opposition of the Messiah of the Age, he would die of plague. His residence was outside the city in a well-ventilated and commodious house. I had related this dream to his real brother, uncle, and other relatives. A year later, he did die of plague. See 'Abdul-Hakim's booklet Dhikrul-Hakim, page 12. Now take note that, on the one hand, he not only acknowledges that I am the Promised Messiah, but also quotes a dream—which turned out to be true-as testimony to my truthfulness. Thereafter, at the end of the same book, as well as in his booklet al-Masiḥud-Dajjal, he names me as a dajjal and satan and denounces me as being an embezzler, a rogue, and an impostor. It is rather strange that ‘Abdul-Ḥakim Khān has not cared to space these two contradic- tory statements even by a few days. On one hand, he called me the Promised Messiah and testified to my truthfulness with his dream, and on the other, he called me a deceiver and an impostor. I do not care why he did this, but let everyone ponder that the condition of this man is like one who is not in his senses in that he has a glaring contradiction in what he affirms. On the one hand, he pronounces me the true Messiah and even quotes a true dream of his which was fulfilled as testimony to my truthfulness. On the other, he considers me worse than all the disbelievers. Could there be a more egregious contradiction? As for the faults that he attributes to me, he should have pondered that whereas the dream had already testified to my truthfulness to him and God Almighty had even caused Hasan Baig to die of plague as