Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 24
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 24 spiritual guide of Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi. I believe that we have also seen a miracle of these saintly people. Specifically, they were able to convince a city like Delhi—and this is the very city that calls me an apostate, contemptible, and a disbeliever. The Land of Delhi Addressing Seth [‘Abdur-Ra h m a n], the Promised Messiah as said: This land is much harder than Bombay [i. e. the people of Delhi are more rigid], and some measure of heavenly punishment has always been apportioned for it. Not only did they rebel against the British, but they also behaved mischievously towards the Islamic emperors. The high morals of this place’s great and saintly people can also be gauged by observing how they man- aged to live in such a city. These revered people were devoid of anger; they had made themselves [humbled] like dust. These people killed Mirza J a n-e-J a n an ; moreover, it was done with great deception. That is, a man came seemingly to present a gift and shot him with a pistol. The people of Delhi also had similar plans to murder Sh a h Waliull a h, but God saved him. When the debate with me took place, there was a crowd of eight to nine thousand people, and I heard that some of them had knives while others had stones in their hands. Even the Superintendent of Police feared there would be a rebellion, so for this reason he put me in his carriage, removed me from the crowd, and took me home. These people display their short-sightedness, vulgarity, and vileness at such a time.