Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 709
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 709 objection can also be levelled against other Prophets is very dangerous indeed and the danger is that such persons may well die as atheists. ¹* It must be borne in mind with regard to the obduracy and audacity with which Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh stood up in opposition to me and pre- dicted that I would die of the plague and face every kind of frustration and failure, had the matter ended as he had predicted and had I died in the lifetime of Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh, one wonders with what kind of curses Ilāhi Bakhsh's friends would have remembered me and to what heights of honour and glory they would have exalted him to. Now, however— without exception—not a single one of them speaks up and they hope for this Sign of God Almighty to disappear. They know only too well that Bābū had become the target of the mubahalah and my supplications. He might well have been spared for a few days more if he had adopted some measure of gentleness, but his 'revelations' based on the promptings of the ego proved to be a fatal poison for him. He did not know that one acquires true converse with God only after undergoing annihilation. He alone is granted [spiritual] life who truly purifies himself of all self- ish desires and aggrandizements and sheds all kinds of arrogance and impertinence; a kind of death overtakes him for the sake of God. For those who achieve this stage of self-effacement, converse with God is a prized reward. Everyone who claims to have attained this stage must see whether he has attained true self-effacement or whether he is still full of selfish motives. نہ ہر کہ سر بتراشد قلندری داند ہزار نکته باریک تر ز مو این جاست There are thousands of subtleties, finer than the finest hair; Not everyone who shaves his head is a saint. Then, on page 69 of his book 'Aṣā-e-Mūsā, Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh says, 1. Some mischievous liars assert that if Signs are shown by the Mirza, so were signs shown by Musailimah, the Liar. In reply to them it suffices to say [The curse of Allah be upon the liars!'] (Author)