Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 350
Letter of Mufti Muḥammad Sadiq 350 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION 120. [ONE HUNDRED-TWENTIETH] sign―The Almighty mani- fested for me a Sign regarding Anjuman-e-Himāyat-e-Islām, Lahore. Since Mufti Muhammad Ṣādiq, Editor of the newspaper Badr is the prime witness to this Sign, the letter written by his own hand is repro- duced below as evidence. بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ. نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلِّىٰ عَلَى رَسُوْلِهِ الْكَرِيمِ. [In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. We praise Him and invoke His blessings upon His Noble Messenger. ] My Holy Master, Mentor, and Guide, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, May Allah's blessings, peace, mercy, and bounties be upon you: Sir, I submit, to the best of my knowledge, that when the book Ummahatul-Mu'minin ['Mothers of the Faithful'] was pub- lished by the Christians in April 1898, the members of Anjuman- e-Himāyat-e-Islām, Lahore sent a memorial to the Government to the effect that the publication of this book be stopped and its author, who has penned such a filthy book, be required to show cause. In those days, I was employed in the Accountant General's Office at Lahore and happened to briefly visit Qadian. I can recall well this memorial being mentioned in Huḍūr's presence as Ḥuḍūr was proceeding to the garden for a stroll in the company of quite a few people including Hadrat Maulawi Muḥammad 'Ali M. A. , Huḍur said, 'It was an error on the part of the Anjuman; I am very much opposed to this memorial. ' Accordingly, Huḍūr sent a dissenting note to the Government in the form of a memorial and also published it on 4 May 1898, against which the Anjuman raised a great hue and cry and wrote articles in the press in repudiation of Huḍūr's point of view. One of those days when Ḥuḍūr went