The Heavenly Decree — Page 67
67 Finally, I wish to inform my readers that M i r ‘Abb a s ‘Al i Sahib has also published a hostile announcement on 12 December 1891, full of discourteous and derogatory words. His words are no concern of mine. When the heart is diseased, the tongue, too, becomes diseased. But it is necessary to answer the three points raised in the announcement: First, M i r Sahib has completely misconstrued the picture of the Delhi debates. The present journal should suffice to remove this misconception, if he reads it with care. Second, M i r Sahib entertains the false notion that I am a Naturalist, that I deny the existence of miracles, that I reject the Night of Decree, that I am a claimant to Prophethood, that I vilify the Prophets as and that I do not adhere to the tenets of Islam. I have already promised that I shall shortly publish a journal to remove these misconceptions. Should M i r Sahib read it attentively, and if Allah favours him, he will be ashamed of his baseless and unfounded miscon- ceptions. Third, while revealing his wondrous powers in the announcement, M i r Sahib claims to have the power to show the Holy Prophet sa in a vision. He also says in this announcement that he did not compete with me in this respect. He says that he had proposed for both of us to sit in a mosque, and then either I hard (and firm) against disbelievers. (The Holy Quran, Al-M a ’idah 5:55) [Publisher]