The Heavenly Decree — Page 9
9 long as I was at Delhi, I continued to hear reports that Mi yan Sahib was using foul and unspeakable language against me and had not withdrawn his fatwa of heresy. Every effort was made to stop him from this ugly behaviour and stop his tongue, but he had grown so accustomed of calling me a kafir that he could not restrain himself from doing so. His Nafsi Amm a rah 5 had so overwhelmed him that no room was left in his heart for the fear of God. 6 I do not wish to dwell further on his declaration of heresy. Everyone will be answerable for his own words and deeds; they shall be answerable for their deeds, and I shall be for mine. But it is such a pity that he continued to dwell upon unjustified accusations and acts of slander, and paid no attention whatsoever to the truly debatable and controversial issue of the death of the Messiah as. I wrote to him, time and again, that I do not oppose him in any of his beliefs except that of the Messiah as being physically alive. I most certainly believe him [the Messiah as ] to be dead and among the dead. Why should I not believe him to be dead when my God and my Lord in His Glorious Book, the Holy Quran, 5 The Self that incites to evil. [Translator] 6 Take heed, O you who possess insight (The Holy Quran, Al- H ashr 59:3). [Publisher]