Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 875
MUBAHALAH WITH DOWIE 875 slave to the world without freedom. He was like a shell without a pearl. Moreover, he was the Satan of his time, and a cohort of his Satan. But God gave him respite until the time that I invited him to a mubahalah [prayer duel] and prayed to the Lord of Honour against him. I used to smell the stench of Satan in him. I saw that he had been completely overtaken by the Transgressor [Satan] and was an enemy of the serv- ants of the Gracious God. He contaminated the Earth and polluted the breaths of its inhabitants with diverse types of filthy nonsense. I have never seen a person more deceptive and rebellious than him. He was a blind lover of the Trinity, an enemy of the Oneness of God, and a persistent follower of the unholy religion. He saw its evils as its excel- lences and sought solace in its faults. The ignorant from among the rich and the well-off gathered around him and supported him with riches not to be found except in the treasuries of kings and rulers. He received piles of wealth, so much so that it was said that he was a king who, like kings, lived a life of pomp and show. When his riches reached their peak, he surrendered himself to nafsul-ammārah [self that incites to evil] and did not purify it. Beguiled by Satan, he proclaimed he was a Messenger and Prophet and persisted in