Tadhkirah — Page 655
1903 655 Tell them: It is Allah Who has revealed these words; and then leave them occupied with their sport. (E) That is [Arabic] They will ask you about your status—what is your honour and status. 744 Say: It is God Who has granted me this status; and then leave them indulging in idle sport. (F) [Arabic] [ No incongruity can you see in the creation of the Gracious One. ] [ H aq i qatul-Wa hi, pp. 90, 107, 70, 265–266, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 93, 110, 73, 277–278] 744 On one occasion when I was in Gurd a sp u r in connection with a criminal case (that had been instituted against me by Karam D i n of Jehlam), I received the revelation: [They will ask you concerning your status. ]… Thereafter when we appeared in court, the other side’s lawyer asked me the same question: Is your rank and status as you have described it in Tiry a qul-Qul u b ?* I answered: Yes, by Allah’s grace that is my status; Allah has Himself bestowed it upon me. In this manner the revelation which had come to me in the morning was fulfilled about the time of ‘A s r. [ H aq iq atu l -Wa hi , pp. 265–266, Ruhani Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 277–278] *Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : I would like to submit that the book concerning which the lawyers of the other party asked was actually Tu h fah-e-Golarhviyya , not Tiry a qul-Qul u b. The pages which the lawyer referred to were 48–50. We have obtained a copy, bearing the court’s stamp, of the file which was submitted to the court and included the book. Note by Hadrat Maul ana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra : The statement of the Promised Messiah as as recorded in the file is the following: Tu h fah-e-Golarhviyya is a book written by me, published on September 1, 1902. It was written against P i r Mehr ‘Al i , not against Saif-e-Chisht i a i. Question: Are you the person to whom the descriptions on pages 48–50 of the book apply? Answer: By the Grace and Mercy of Allah, I am the one to whom they apply. [See S i ratul-Mahd i , part 2, p. 67] Thus the word Tiry a qul-Qul u b has been written instead of Tu h fah-e- Golarhviyya by mistake in this reference from Haqiqatul-Wahi.