The Truth Unveiled — Page 38
38 38 Islasm ntals eriosP urPsb announcement that in the space of three years I would succumb to cholera. Further, not only did he willingly circulate my proph - ecy among thousands of people, but also categorically stated in an announcement that my prophecy was made with his consent. It is obvious that an opponent like Lekh Ram would never have refrained from pressing charges against me upon hearing such a prophecy, had it displeased him. Hundreds of persons are aware of the fact that he sojourned in Qadian for almost two months to extract this prophecy from me. Then, after the proph - ecy, he remained alive for five whole years and did not complain to anyone that this prophecy had been made against his will. In the end, according to the will of God Almighty, he perished from this world within the designated time frame of the prophecy. Even at the time of his death he did not express any suspicion about me, because in his heart he knew that I was not a wicked man or a conspirer. Can one who speaks through the Holy Spirit resemble one who is immoral and guilty of satanic and nefarious decep - tion? One who speaks from God cannot be humiliated before the people. We are eternally thankful that we live in the shade of a kind, just and wise government. If the Muslim clerics from among my people seethe at me, and consider me a liar and a wrongdoer, I call on this benign government to come to a decision between us by adjudicating on a prophecy of the unseen future, which I will make from God and disclose; it will not relate to the piety or sin - fulness of any individual nor have an impact on any human being, yet my truth or falsity will hinge upon it. If I am thus proven a