Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 693
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 693 of Ramadan 1317 Hijrah. (Translation): 'This man shall die an apos- tate. His mutual curse or the mubahalah prayer will be rejected and recoil on him. Paradise is close for those who fear God. ' The import of this revelation is that Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh is righteous, that I am a disbe- liever, and that the mubahalah or the mutual invocation of the curse of God to fall upon the one who lies, shall, according to his revelation, fall upon me whereas he will be successful in every single thing. Let it be clear that [lian] in Arabic means [mulā'anah]. اللعَانُ وَالْمُلَاعَنَةُ : اللَّعْنُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ فَصَاعِدًا The Arabic lexicon] Lisanul-Arab states'] in other words, the two expressions li'an and mula 'anah refer to the act of two or more persons invoking the curse of God upon one another. Furthermore, in this same Lisānul-'Arab the term [la'n] is described to mean ,'la'nab], or 'curse] لَعْنَةُ ,In other words. اللَّعْنُ الْإِبْعَادُ وَالطَّرَدُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ means to deprive someone of every virtue, wealth, blessing, and bet- terment. Then, another meaning of the word * [la'nah] is given as lanah] means that one is] لَعْنَةُ ,In other words الْإِبْعَادُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَمِنَ الْخَلْقِ rejected by God and is deprived of His acceptance. It also means to become degraded in the eyes of the people and to lose respect and honour. In short, in the sight of God the term [la'nah], or ‘curse', encompasses in its meaning every kind of frustration, deprivation, and rejection; and to be deprived of every type of blessing; and remaining rejected and frustrated is among its essential requirements. The final outcome of whosoever becomes the target of God's curse is his death and destruction. This is why the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, 'Had the Christians of Najran entered into the mubahalah (which is done by pronouncing [The curse of Allah be upon the liars']) with me they would have suffered such death and destruction as would have killed even the birds in their trees. ' Now, every fair-minded person would understand the meaning of Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh's [vaunted] revelation in which mula'anah or invo- cation of curse [by two mutually contending parties] is mentioned. The meaning of the revelation' is this that the mula'anah which took place