The Heavenly Sign — Page 48
48 Nishān-e-Asmānī stumbling and strengthened my faith in the truth of Mirzā Şahibas. Finally, let it be clear, that although I have made this Announcement on the oath of Allah, Glory be to Him, just as I related it in Izāla Auhām, a large number of people in these environs know my moral character very well. They know well that I have spent my life in piety and fear of God and that God Almighty has safeguarded me from the sinful ways, falsehood and deceit. Hadrat Maulawi Muhammad Hassan Şahib, who is the leader of the Muwahhidīn of Luddiyāna, and with whose family I have had relations of devotion and love since the time of his grandfather, and I also have the honour of belonging to the same race, knows me well. Despite our differences of opinion, he can swear upon the Qur'an that I, Karīm Bakhsh, have always led a pious life and am reputed to be a pious man; that falsehood or calumny characteristics of the wicked and the licentious-have I never perpetrated. If my patron, Maulawi Muhammad Shāh, were living, he would also have vouched for my piety and righteousness. Moreover, any reasonable person can see that I would have nothing to gain but the curse and wrath of the Creator and the people by uttering unwarranted falsehood and calumny regarding Mirzā Şāhibas. My connections with a distinguished Muslim family, the family of Maulawi Muhammad Hassan Şahib, a nobleman of Luddiyāna, are very old. Considering that the said Maulawi Şahib was antagonistic towards Mirzā Şāhibas and many people had