Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 307
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 92 307 from right to left and with each stroke of it, thousands of opponents die. ' I enquired about its interpretation. At this, he said: “This is the sword of incontrovertible proof which shall reach out from the earth to the skies and no one will be able to stop it; when you saw the sword being brandished now on the right and now on the left, it signified that you will be vouchsafed both kinds of arguments; namely, rational and documentary as well as those of the fresh Signs from God Almighty. Thus in both ways, truth shall be incontrovertibly established in the world and finally the opponents shall be silenced by these arguments as if they were dead. ' He [Maulawi ‘Abdullāh Ghaznavi] further said: 'When I was in the world, I hoped that such a person would be born. And the] وَ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَذِبِينَ These are the words he actually uttered curse of Allah be upon the liars. "] When he was alive, I met him once at Khairdi and then at Amritsar. I said to him: 'You are a recipient of revelation. I have a wish, please pray for its fulfilment, but I will not disclose what the wish is. ' He It is] در پوشیده داشتن برکت است و من انشاء الله دعا خواهم کرد و الهام امراختیاری نیست replied good to keep it secret. By God's grace, I shall pray; but revelation is not by choice. ] What I wished was that Allah may help the Faith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, on whom be blessings and peace, which was declining by the day. After this I returned to Qadian. A few days later I received his letter in the mail which read as follows: ایس عاجز برائے شما دعا کرده بود القاش وَ انْصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَفِرِينَ. فقیر رائم اتفاق می افتد که بدیں جلدی القا شود این از اخلاص شمامے بینم. [This humble one prayed for you and received the ilqa'—a flash across the mind—'Do You grant us succour against a people who deny. ' It is very rare that my humble self has such prompt response. To my mind, it is because of your sincerity. ] In short, after great insistence on the part of 'Abdul-Haqq, I wrote to him that I did not want to have a mubahalah [prayer duel] with any Muslim who recited the Kalimah [the declaration of faith in Islam]. He wrote Letter of 'Abdullah Ghaznavi