Tadhkirah — Page 422
422 [Urdu] May God forgive me my sin also. [Writing of the Promised Messiah as recorded on the Register Mu ha war a tul-‘Arab] (B) Previous Monday night, about 3 a. m. I received a revelation concerning you [Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n of Maler Kotlah], which is: These are the words of Allah the Glorious. He is addressing you saying that after experiencing this calamity, from which greater calamity will you draw a lesson. [Letter dated November 22, 1898, addressed to Navv a b Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n, al- H akam, vol. 7, no. 36, September 30, 1903, p. 5] November 21, 1898 Sheikh Muhammad H usain of Batala… has left no stone unturned in bringing me into contempt and humiliating me and reviling me…. Some of my friends had suggested to him with great gentleness and courtesy that… he might settle with me by way of mub a halah for if a matter cannot be settled in any other way, the last resort is the Judgment of God which is called mub a halah. It was also said that from our side the term of the mub a halah would be one year; and this term has been set on the basis of a revelation…. Instead of accepting this in good faith, Sheikh Muhammad H usain … prepared a filthy announcement full of abuse and had it published in the names of Muhammad Bakhsh Ja‘far Zatall i and Abu l - H asan Tibbet i. At this time, this announcement is before me and I have supplicated God Almighty that He should Himself decide between Sheikh Muhammad H usain and me. My supplication was the following: My Lord of Glory, if I am in Your estimation so base and such a liar and impostor as Muhammad H usain of Batala