Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 91
Lecture Ludhiana 91 They issued a fatwa of kufr [disbelief ] against me to malign me amongst the Muslims, but when this ploy was unsuccess- ful, they initiated legal proceedings against me. They tried to implicate me in a murder case and exerted every type of effort to get me punished. I was accused of plotting the murder of a Christian priest. In that lawsuit, Maulaw i Muhammad H usain made a great effort against me and personally appeared as a prosecution wit- ness. He desired that I should be implicated and receive pun- ishment. This effort of Maulaw i Muhammad H usain exposed his inability to produce any arguments or proofs. It is a rule that when an enemy is powerless to produce an argument and cannot convict on evidence, he resorts to persecution and mur- der; he plans to banish his opponent from his native land and hatches a variety of plots and conspiracies against him. This is what happened when the disbelievers of Makkah became help- less against the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and all their efforts were stymied; so ultimately, they conspired to kill him, imprison him, or expel him from his homeland. The Companions ra of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were subjected to torture, but in the end, they [the disbelievers of Makkah] all faced frustra- tion and failure in their intentions and plans. That very same course and conduct is now transpiring with me, but this world does not perpetuate without the presence of the Creator and the Lord of all the worlds. It is verily He who marks the distinc- tion between a liar and a truthful one and ultimately upholds the cause of the truthful one, manifesting his superiority. Now, in this age, when God Almighty has again manifested an illustration of His omnipotence, I am a living Sign of His support, and at this moment, each and every one of you bear