Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 420
420 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION me, for I see no merit in myself. I find it befitting my condition to recite this couplet of Sheikh Sa'dīta in the presence of the Lord of Honour: آمد پسند z زما کہترانت رسند پسندید گانے بجائے Those who were numbered among Your Elect reached their destination, I wonder what merit You found in a person as humble as me. My God helped me in every respect; everyone who stood up against me in enmity was forced to fall down. For each one who dragged me into the courts to penalize me, my Lord granted me victory in all those litigations; to each one who invoked a curse upon me, my Master reverted that very curse upon him. The ill-fated Lekh Rām, driven by his false hopes, made an announcement about me that I, along with all of my sons, would die within a period of three years. The final outcome was that he himself died issueless in accordance with my prophecy and no one was left in the world from among his progeny. So did 'Abdul-Haqq Ghaznavi arise, who sought my destruction with his malediction by way of a mubahalah. Well! All that success I enjoyed in every respect was after his mubāhalah. Hundreds of thousands became my followers and hundreds of thousands of rupees poured in. In almost all the world, I came to be known to the extent that people belonging to foreign lands entered my Jama'at; I was subsequently blessed with a number of sons, but 'Abdul-Haqq remained issueless which is tantamount to death. " He failed to receive even an iota of blessing from God Almighty nor did he receive any honour afterwards and [the following verse] became fully applicable to him: 1. Repeatedly addressing 'Abdul-Ḥaqq Ghaznavi after the mubahalah, I have written in my book Anwarul-Islām: 'If you can escape the after-effects of the mubahalah by your prayer, do try to see that a son is born to you so that you do not remain issueless, which otherwise will be considered to be one effect of the mubahalah. Therefore, after so much insistence, he must have made supplications after the mubahalah. In the end he remained issueless. What greater Sign could there possibly be than this? (Author)