The Heavenly Sign — Page 58
58 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i I have laid down in A sm a n i Fai s la for showing unilateral signs. Besides, everyone knows that they claim to be perfect believers, the leaders of their people and, recipients of revelation; and they believe that I am devoid of faith and ill-fated. Now, is there any other way of deciding the issue except through a contest? If they would, indeed, retract the claim of their excellence in faith, the burden of proof shall lie on me. Mi an Nadh i r H ussain and Bat alwi Sahib should also explain why, in spite of their claim to be the perfect believers and chiefs of holy men, should they be reluctant to enter into a competition with a man whom they believe to be a Kafir, nay, worst than a Kafir? On what basis do they demand a one-sided sign from me? If this demand is in response to A sm a n i Fai s la, then their request should be exactly as stipulated in that booklet. That is, if they claim to be believers, they should join the contest, a precondition laid down in A sm a n i Fai s la. Otherwise, they should frankly admit that they are devoid of true faith and request for a unilateral sign. In the end, I would like to make it clear that both these prophecies—of Mi an Gul a b Sh a h and Ni‘matull a h Wal i — concerning me, are, in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Qur’an, manifest signs that have no possibility of sleight of hand, trick or deceit. Now, if there is indeed a Su f i , who lives in seclusion and does not want to come out of it, but, as claimed by Bat alwi Sahib and M i r ‘Abb a s Luddiy a naw i , is ready to compete with me and show a