The Shining Lamp — Page 15
Truth has Come 15 advocates of the satanic voice? Nevertheless, it was only befit- ting that doing so they fulfilled the hadith 1 of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The wretched Sa‘dull a h, who became a Muslim recently, and Muhammad Ali Wa‘iz, still go on crying to this day that this prophecy has not been fulfilled. O gang of devils! How long will you conceal the truth? Will truth be obliterated through your efforts? Fight God as much as you can fight. Then see to whom the victory belongs, for judge- ment rests upon the final results. O shameless people! Atham feared to face the challenge, but you fear not. He was crushed with curses but did not rise to my challenge. He was promised a reward of 4,000 rupees, but he did not dare to take so much as a single step in my direction up until the point he ended up in his grave. He even feared to file a lawsuit. Moreover, when the Christians pressured him, he put his hands over his ears; so, is it still not proven that he realized his opposition [to me] was against truth and that his heart was over- come with fear? But despite this, on account of concealing the truth, God did not grant him respite, and he died according to the promise of God and precisely in conformity with the intent of His revelations, disgracing the maulaw i s and Christians. He was not older than me by more than just a few years. It is the wick- edness of the new Muslim Sa‘dull a h to adjudge that he was old 1. See, Kit a bul-Fitan by Nu‘aim ibn H amm a d, ‘Al a matun Ukhr a ‘inda Khur u jil-Mahd i, Hadith 974, vol. 1, p. 337, Maktab a tut-Tau hi d, Cairo. [Publisher]