The Shining Lamp — Page 32
32 Fourth— The following reply to an objection, recorded on the title page of [the book] Barak a tud-Du‘ a [‘Blessings of Prayer’], along with a prophecy given in the footnote of page 4 of the title page: Example of an Accepted Prayer An i s-i-Hind of Meerut & an Objection to My Prophecy I have received the An i s-i-Hind dated 25 March 1893, which con- tains some criticism of the prophecy I had published with regard to Lekh Ram of Peshawar. I have learnt that some other newspa- pers have also found this word of truth disagreeable. In fact, it quite pleases me to see that this prophecy is gaining publicity and fame at the very hands of my opponents. In response to this criticism, I consider it sufficient for the time being to say that God Almighty has done what He wished and as He wished. None of this is my doing. As regards the objection that such a prophecy shall fulfil no purpose and some doubts will yet remain in this connection, I consider such a presumption to be premature. I freely admit and reiterate that if, as the critics believe, this prophecy results in some ordinary fever or he [Lekh Ram] suffers a little pain or a bout of cholera, after which he fully recovers, it will not