Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 732
732 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION settlement of the matter? That request of mine is written on pages 5 and 6 of his book Aşa-e-Musā and readers can read it to see that in real- ity my request was for a mubahalah, or in other words, it was a sincere heartfelt prayer to the Glorious God to settle the matter. The relevant part of this is reproduced below and is as follows: I seek a heavenly decision; or, in other words, it is my desire that people may follow the right path after recognizing the person who, in reality, is the one who can benefit them and is, in fact, the Imam sent by God Almighty. And who is it that until now has acquired this knowledge as to who he is? That is known to God Himself, or to those who have been granted spiritual insight by God. Therefore, this arrangement has been made (namely that the Bābū should publish all his revelations relating to my being false that he has received). Thus, if the revelations of Munshi Ṣāḥib are truly from God Almighty then those rev- elations that he has received concerning me will manifest some miraculous Sign of their authenticity (meaning that thereafter I shall without fail suffer some affliction and destruction). And thus the people, who merit mercy, will be saved from an extrav- agant 'impostor. (That is to say, since Bābū [Ilāhī Bakhsh] con- siders me an impostor and says that I have lied in the name of God by claiming to be the Promised Messiah, I shall perish. ) But if there is something to the contrary in the knowledge of God Almighty against this ill thought about me, it will become manifest. (Meaning, in other words, that if in the knowledge of God Almighty, I am indeed the Promised Messiah, He will tes- tify to it on my behalf. ) For my part, I hereby undertake neither to sue you in any court of law-God forbid―nor shall I mount any baseless attack on your honour and prestige. I shall seek the solution to this dispute from God alone. (In other words, I shall desire that if I am not an impostor and the attack on me is false and unjustified, I be granted acquittal.