Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 116
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 116 Once, the Christian priests themselves made a false case of murder against me. The case was before an English Christian judge and the lieutenant governor of that time was also a man with a priestly disposition. Still, finally, he gave the verdict in my favour, acquitted me entirely, and went so far as to say that he could not abandon justice for the sake of Christian priests. After this, a case has just been decided; previously, it was before Hindu magistrates. I do not know under whose influence they ignored clear and obvious reasons, and fined me. Still, finally, when it was appealed to an English judge, he acquitted me and expressed regret over the magistrate’s action and said that so much time was wasted on a case that merited being dismissed at its initial stage. It shows that these people still have the substance of justice and fairness. If there had been any religious prejudice or malice, it would have at least been employed against me. This is a Jam a ‘at of around 300,000. Then the people of Afghanistan keep com- ing and swearing allegiance, and because it is a new sect, the Government’s attention should have been directed towards it; however, observe that I have faced about eight cases in which, except for one or two, the rest were all filed against me by my opponents, but I have won all of them. And the British were the ones who made decisions in my favour. Although I consider all these achievements to be from God because what would these people have done if He had not willed it? But those who were the means, and through whose hands His help came to me, also merit being thanked. In my opinion, nay, I am confident that there is no preju- dice in these [British] people, and the future situation is known only to God, and that is why I say that if these [Muslim] people only want to serve the Faith and their purpose is to please God, then what is the use of sitting in hiding? They should take up some way to serve the Faith. There is absolutely no restriction