Tadhkirah — Page 548
548 acceptance from the Presence of the Great One and my Lord cheered me saying: [Arabic] He has been forbidden by the Forbidder from heaven. Then I understood that the indication was that my opponents would not have the power to attempt it and that they would not be able to produce the like of it either in eloquence or in its qualities. This good news was given by Allah the Most Benevolent, during the last ten days of Rama da n. [I‘j a zul-Mas ih, pp. 66–67, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, pp. 68–69] (C) When the maulav i s were unable to come forward to compete in writing a commentary and Mehr ‘A li Sh a h of Golarh a had recourse to all kinds of reprehensible devices, God Almighty bestowed upon me the miracle of writing a commentary on my own. I prepared the booklet I‘j a zul- Mas ih in seventy days, though there were several interruptions and, for a good part of the time, I was ill…. During those days, I was vouchsafed a revelation about this book: Meaning that [Arabic] He has been forbidden by the Forbidder from heaven. This revelation has been fulfilled so clearly that neither Miya ń Mehr ‘Al i nor any of his supporters have been able to write a reply so far. [Nuz u lul-Mas ih, p. 224, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 18, p. 602] 1901 I had received a revelation relating to my book I‘j a zul- Mas ih :