The Heavenly Decree — Page 48
48 A sm a n i Fai s lah Finally, I wish to inform the readers that I shall, Insh a’ Allah [Allah willing], deal in a separate book with the issues on the basis of which Hadrat Maulaw i Nadh i r H usain and his party have condemned me as a heretic, a non-believer, and a Dajj a l , and heaped upon me such abuse as a civilized person would hate to use even against a person of another community. He claims that all these things have been mentioned in my books Tau dih -e-Mar a m and Iz a la-e-Auh a m. I shall, therefore, reproduce the passages that have been criticized, and ask fair-minded people to decide whether I have at all deviated from the tenets of Islam, or is it they [my opponents] whose eyes are veiled and hearts sealed and, despite their claims to knowledge, fail to recognize the truth. They are barring people’s way like a bridge that suddenly gives way and causes a flood all around. Mark my words, these people will eventually be silenced with humiliation and, having shamefully shunned their passion to declare me a kafir , they will become subdued as though someone had thrown water on a blazing fire. Man’s perspicacity and wisdom lies in understanding something before it is explained, in fathoming a secret before it is uncovered; of what avail is the understanding that comes after much cerebral labour? The time comes when those who vilify and abuse me shall repent, and shall think well of me after all their