Tadhkirah — Page 391
1897 391 been granted. The terms of the supplication were: Lord, if You know that I am a liar and that I have not been raised by You and that, as stated in the article, I am accursed and rejected by You, and that I am a liar, and that I have no relationship with You nor have You any relationship with me, then I beseech You most humbly to destroy me. But if You know that I have been raised and sent by You and am the Promised Messiah, then do You expose this person 431 431 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : Allah be praised that this prophecy was fulfilled very magnificently and the eminent personage referred to in Chaudhaw i n S ad i wrote very humbly and meekly to be forgiven. He wrote: My lord and master, [peace be on you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings]. A sinner confessing his sin presents himself (through this letter) at the blessed place Qadian and begs for your mercy. You have granted respite to this sinner from July 1, 1897 to July 1, 1898. I hereby confess myself guilty against you in the heavenly Kingdom. (I have perceived that as your supplication was heard so this my humble entreaty has also been heard and that I have been forgiven and acquitted by your holy self)…. At this moment I stand before you as a guilty sinner and ask your forgiveness (I have no hesitation in appearing personally but in view of certain circumstances beg to be excused). It is possible that I might present myself before July 1898. I am hoping that you might be moved from the Holy Presence of Allah to grant me pardon [He forgot, and We found in him no resolve to disobey] It is also a legal principle that an offence that has not been committed deliberately is compoundable and forgivable. [Then forgive and thereby bring about an improvement in me for Allah loves the benevolent. ] I am your guilty one: (signature of the eminent personage)** (Rawalpindi October, 29, 1897) [Kit a bul-Bariyyah, pp. 87–91, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 13, pp. 113–117]