Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 886
886 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI extreme irreverence against Islam, and witnesses have testified to his accursedness exceeding every accursed person, so much so that he became noto- rious among the people for abusing and cursing; he would not desist from it when prevented or asked to stop. When I invited him to a mubāhalah so that the Glorious God may demonstrate the truth of the one who was true in his claim by inflicting death upon the one who lied, one of the Americans made a witty and amusing comment and published it in his newspaper, in the matter of Dowie and his per- sonality. He said: Dowie would accept the invita- tion to mubahalah only when he is offered some changes in the conditions laid down for this pur- pose. He would not agree to the kind of mubaha- lah he has been invited to; instead, he would like to compete with others in vituperation and abuse, for, to him [Dowie], one who can prevail over oth- ers in abuse and vituperation is the real winner and his opponent would be deemed by him to be a liar. This was said by the editor of a newspaper who investigated Dowie and his character intimately. He has first-hand knowledge of the kind of lan- guage Dowie uses and the offence it causes. The edi- tors of certain other newspapers too have written similar comments about Dowie. These editors are