Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 504
504 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION In short, I have suffered greatly at his hand, the details of which need not be given here. What is more, Miyań ‘Abdul-Ḥakim did not rest content with all this. He also publicly announced in each lecture, in the presence of hundreds of people that God had revealed to him: ‘During the next three years, this man [i. e. me] would die on account of his being a liar and an impostor. ' I exercised patience in the face of these prophecies he made, but today, 14 August 1906, my learned friend Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen received a letter which, after hurling all kinds of abuses and faults upon me, states that God Almighty had informed him ['Abdul-Hakim] on 12 July 1906 about my demise to the effect that I shall die within a period of three years from this date. Now that things have reached such a pass, I too for my part do not consider it inappropriate to publish what God has revealed to me about him, which in fact constitutes a blessing for the people. If, for a fact, I am a liar in the estimation of God and if I have been lying in His name day in and day out for twenty five years, without any fear of His majesty and glory; if my dealings with Allah's creatures are character- ized by misappropriation of people's wealth through dishonesty and deceit; and if I torment Allah's creation with my own misconduct and selfishness, then under such circumstances, I deserve punishment more than all the evildoers put together so that people are saved from my mischief. But if I am not what ‘Abdul-Ḥakīm Khān takes me to be, I trust that God will not cause me to die in a manner that there should be a curse before me and a curse behind me. I am not hidden from God's view. Who knows me better than Him? I therefore reproduce below the two prophecies, i. e. Miyāń ‘'Abdul- Hakim Khān's prophecy about me and mine about him and leave the judgment of it all to the Almighty.