The Reality of Khilafah — Page 148
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 148 minds of his ignorant friends that this was indeed true. God, therefore, decided to break the pride of this arrogant person and to show him how Allah helps His servants. It was, thus, with God’s help and support and with the knowledge and understanding that He specifically bestowed on me, that these books were written. I had set the end of June 1894 as the deadline for him to accept the challenge with regard to Kar a m a tu s - Sa diq i n and N u rul- H aqq , and this deadline has passed. I have now written this book, Sirrul- Khil a fah, which is very concise and the lyrical part is very short, so that anyone familiar with Arabic can easily write something like it in seven days, and it would take another ten days to have it published. Considering the Sheikh’s state right now and the help- lessness of his friends, I am willing to give him an extra ten days, which comes to 26 days. I print this book promising a prize of 27 rupees, one rupee for each day, to anyone who can write anything like it. I would also beseech the Sheikh and his so-called maulaw i s that if they have been unfortunate enough to have missed the prize of 1,000 rupees and 5,000 rupees, they should at least not let go of these 27 rupees. I have heard that the Sheikh is in some financial difficulties and that his so-called friends have not been of much help. Therefore, these 27 rupees should be for him like precious gems for him at such a time. 1 ٭ I sincerely affirm that if, after the publication of Sirrul-Khil a fah , the Sheikh publishes a book within the time stipulated, and the book proves to be of the same calibre as mine, then not only will I give him the 27 rupees, 1. ٭ Note: Sheikh Sahib acknowledges in his current issue [of Ish a ‘atus- Sunnah ] that if his friends do not come to his assistance even now he will resign from this employment. —Author