Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 208
208 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 The Death of Lekh Rām It was mentioned that an Arya said that they believe in reincarnation, so no one dies among them, and that Lekh Rām is alive and not dead. The Promised Messiahas said: When Lekh Rām himself initiated the mubāhalah [prayer duel], he sought [Divine] judgment by presenting the Vedas before his Parmeshwar so that a verdict between the truthful and the liar could be reached. He had prophesied about me that Mirza Şahib would die within three years, and I had prophe- sied after receiving revelation from God that he would perish within six years. So, when he died as a result of this mubāhalah and personally testified through his death that Islam is true and the Vedas are false, then what does it mean to say he is alive now? Anyhow, even if reincarnation is indeed true, in spite of that, does anyone know what body of an insect or grazing ani- mal or quadruped he is [trapped] in, or what punishment and pain has seized him? The Status of the Vedas The Promised Messiahas said: It is a surprise as to why the Aryas are so fond of the Vedas. They contain neither any miracle or Sign, nor any sublime teaching; nay, rather these people have not seen it. They have not read it. Their greatest pundits are bereft of its understanding because, firstly, Sanskrit itself is a dead language. Then, the Sanskrit of the Vedas is of even greater rarity. Despite this level of igno- rance, these people show such brazen audacity, failing to realise that insolence does not bode well. Its end is evil. A man perishes through his audacity.