The Victory of Islam — Page 64
64 of fear. However, I had already announced my claim to revelation throughout the entire country six or seven years before the jour - ney to Aligarh, and many places in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya abound with this. Had I been wanting in oratorical skills, how could those books, such as Surmah Chashm-e- A ryah— which I had penned and delivered in the form of lectures in gatherings of thousands of friends and foes—be the product of my [allegedly] weak ability? And how was my illustrious campaign of spoken oratory—requir - ing constant mental exertion to interact with thousands of people of varying ability and aptitude—able to thrive to this day? Alas! A thousand pities upon most of today’s maulaw i s who have been completely devoured from within by the fire of jeal - ousy! They always lecture people about the virtues of faith, broth - erly conduct, and mutual respect, and, ascending the pulpits, they quote the relevant verses from the Divine Word, yet they do not so much as touch these injunctions. Dear sir! May God Almighty open your eyes! Is it not possible that God Almighty might restrain a mulham [recipient of divine revelation] servant of His from undertaking an activity on account of some wisdom? Perhaps another reason for this restraint might be that your inner qualities be put to the test and that the foul nature of people who share your same character and your same calibre might be exposed through this occasion. As for the point that I was intimidated by the grandeur and awe of your scholarship, in its rebuttal, rest assured that those who are engulfed in dark and selfish obscurities—even if they be mas - ters of all worldly philosophy and science—are worth no more than a dead insect in my view. However, you are not a man of