Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 429
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 152 429 As I have just pointed out above, he also became eager to pray against me in a vain effort to emulate Sheikh Muhammad Tahir, the author of Majma'ul-Bihar so that his miraculous power be proven. During the time of the author of Majmaʻul-Bihār, some foul-natured people had claimed to be the Mahdi and the Masīḥ out of sheer imposture. Since they were iniquitous, God Almighty granted Muhammad Tahir's prayer and destroyed them in the very lifetime of Muhammad Tahir. Therefore, Ghulām Dastagīr became inspired by reading this tale and thought that he, too, should pray against 'this false Mahdi and Masīḥ so that my death would prove his 'miraculous power. But he failed to remember the following couplet of Sheikh Saʻdī: باشد ہر بیشه گمان مبر که خالی است شار Think not every jungle uninhabited; Tread easy, it may be that a leopard sleeps. Had I been an impostor, I would have certainly died in response to such a prayer that was offered with great concentration and fervour, and Miyāń Ghulām Dastagīr would have been considered Muhammad Tahir, the Second. But since I was truthful, Ghulām Dastagīr fell prey to the revelation of God Almighty: إِنِّي مُهِينٌ مَّنْ أَرَادَ إِهَانَتَكَ [I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you. ] And the eternal disgrace which he had wished for me, backfired upon his own self. This incident alone would have been sufficient to remove the veil of negligence, had any maulawi been God-fearing. It is incumbent upon everyone who seeks the truth to reflect upon the fact that a false Masīḥ and Mahdi was killed as a result of Muhammad Tahir's prayer, but when Miyań Ghulām Dastagīr, in his imitation—nay rather, to demonstrate his likeness-prayed against me even mentioning this