Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 416
416 HAQIQATUL-WAHI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION of this verse. Since in Allah's sight Ghulām Dastagīr Qaşūrī was the wrongdoer, he did not even get the respite to see the publication of his book, and died even before its publication; everyone knows that he died within a few days after his prayer. ☆ Some ignorant maulawis write that Ghulam Dastagīr did not do the mubāhalah; he had only prayed against the wrongdoer. But I say that when he had sought God's adjudication with my death¹ 11 and had declared me to be the wrongdoer, why then did that malediction backfire upon him? Why did God single out Ghulām Dastagīr for death at such a critical time when people were eagerly awaiting the verdict from God; whereas he wished my death in his prayer in order to prove to the world that just as a false Mahdi and false Messiah had died as a result of Muhammad Tahir's malediction, so would I die as a result of his prayer? Why then was the effect of his prayer exactly the opposite? It is true that a false Mahdi and a false Messiah had died as a result of Muhammad Tahir's malediction and emulating that same Muhammad Tahir, Ghulam Dastagīr had prayed against me. It is indeed a point to ponder as to what the effect of Muhammad Tahir's malediction was and what the effect of Ghulam Dastagīr's prayer was. Should you now assert that Ghulām Dastagīr died by chance, then you should also affirm that the false Mahdi, too, died by chance and that it was no mir- acle of Muhammad Tahir's! لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ ]The curse of Allah be upon the liars!] About eleven years have passed since the death of Ghulām Dastagīr. God killed him who was wrongdoer and ruined his house. Now speak up with justice! Who was uprooted and upon whom did the prayer befall? Says Allah the Almighty: 1. ✩ Ghulam Dastagīr's intention about me was that I would die as a result of his malediction and that it would be the proof that I was a liar and fabricator; and like Muhammad Tahir it would prove the miracle of Ghulam Dastagīr. In this regard my God, addressing me said إِنِّنْ مُهِينٌ مَّنْ أَرَادَ إِهَانَتَكَ ]I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you']. In the end, Ghulam Dastagīr perished by the verdict of God and I am still alive by the grace of God and this is a mag- nificent Sign. (Author)