Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 405
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 139 possibly deserve an increment in rank. On the one hand was this objection and on the other your Honour's letter that you had prayed as much as possible. Indeed, your Honour, that was the day when papers concerning me were put up before the council. My boss spoke strongly for me. The strange part of it is that the erstwhile opponents of mine were the ones who sup- ported my case genuinely and with good intentions sponsored my promotion, with the result that the resolution for my pro- motion was passed without any hindrance. Allah be praised for it! Huḍūr, yesterday I sent a sum of fifty rupees by post. Kindly do accept it and pray for my safety from the vicissitudes of life and for my righteous end. Amin! 405 Humbly Yours, Sayyed Naşir Shāh, Overseer, Baramulla, Kashmir 139. [ONE HUNDRED-THIRTY-NINTH] SIGN-Once Nizām-ud-Din, a mistri [master mason] and member of my Jama'at, wrote to me from his residence in Sialkot that a dangerous criminal case had been filed against him and there was no ostensible chance of acquittal, that he was deeply fearful and his enemies wanted him to get entrapped and were very jubilant. He added that he had written to me after being despaired of obvious recourses. He further said he had pledged in his heart that he would send fifty rupees to me in gratitude to God Almighty in the event of his acquittal. This letter of his was shown to a number of people and I suppli- cated earnestly and he was intimated about it. After a few days, his letter, accompanied by fifty rupees, came saying that God had rid him of that calamity. Then, after a few weeks, another letter came saying that the Government advocate had reopened the case on the plea that the [earlier] judgment was flawed and the Deputy Commissioner, after granting the plea of the advocate, had forwarded the English version of