The Heavenly Sign — Page 48
48 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i stumbling and strengthened my faith in the truth of Mirz a Sahib as. 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 Iz a la Auh a m, 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 Maulaw i Muhammad H assan Sahib, who is the leader of the Muwa hh id i n of Luddiy a na, 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, Kar i m 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, Maulaw i Muhammad Sh a h, 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 Mirz a Sahib as. My connections with a distinguished Muslim family, the family of Maulaw i Muhammad H assan Sahib, a nobleman of Luddiy a na, are very old. Considering that the said Maulaw i Sahib was antagonistic towards Mirz a Sahib as and many people had