Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 416
416 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION of this verse. Since in Allah's sight Ghulām Dastagir Qaṣūrī 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 Ghulām Dastagir did not do the mubahalah; he had only prayed against the wrongdoer. But I say that when he had sought God's adjudication with my death 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 Muḥammad 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 Muḥammad Tahir's malediction and emulating that same Muḥammad Ṭahir, Ghulām Dastagīr had prayed against me. It is indeed a point to ponder as to what the effect of Muḥammad Tahir's malediction was and what the effect of Ghulām 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- The curse of Allah be] لَعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِيْنَ !acle of Muhammad Tahirs upon the liars!] About eleven years have passed since the death of Ghulam 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. Ghulām 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 Muḥammad Tahir it would prove the miracle of Ghulam Dastagir. In this regard my God, addressing me said 51 ) [‘I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you']. In the end, Ghulām 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)