Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 308
308 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION back, 'Since we have issued the edict of disbelief against you, we are there- fore disbelievers in your eyes, so what is the harm in holding the muba- halah? In short, at his insistence, I came to Amritsar for the mubahalah. Since I had sincere love for Maulawi 'Abdullah of blessed memory and I considered him a harbinger to this spiritual station of mine, quite like Yaḥyā [John] who appeared before ‘Īsā—I therefore did not wish to invoke a curse against 'Abdul-Ḥaqq. Rather, in my view he was pit- iable, for he did not realize who he was maligning. He thought he was showing his indignation for the sake of Islam and was unaware of what the will of God was in support of Islam. Anyway, he said what he liked during the mubahalah. As for me, the sole object of my prayer was my own self. I only pleaded in the court of God that if I am a liar, I should be destroyed quite like liars; but if I am truthful, then, may God grant help and succour to me. Eleven years have passed since this mubāhalah was held. The help and succour that God accorded me during this period is simply impossible for me to describe in this small treatise. It is no secret to anyone that at the time of the mubahalah, I only had a few followers who could be counted on fingers, but more than 300,000 persons have now entered into the covenant of bai'at with me. Financial circumstances were so straitened that even twenty rupees were not received per month and I had to borrow. But now, the monthly income from all branches of the Community amounts to about 3,000 rupees. After this (i. e. the mubahalah) God manifested mighty Signs. Whoever opposed, perished in the end. As would be evident from a glance at these Signs-some of which have been listed here by way of illustration God helped me in a variety of ways. Thousands of simi- lar Signs of Allah's succour have already appeared, of which only a few have been mentioned here as an illustration. These Signs should suffice to testify to my truthfulness to anyone who has a sense of modesty and fairness. Regarding the objection that Ātham did not die within the stipu- lated time frame and that the Christians were so abusive and insolent