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86 me. The more I desire to withdraw, the more God pulls me to the fore. Seldom does a night pass over me in which I am not given consolation [from God] that ‘I am with you and My heavenly hosts are with you. ’ Although the pure of heart will behold God after death, I swear by His Countenance that I am seeing Him right now. The world does not recognize me, but the One who has sent me knows me. It is a blunder of these people and so absolutely unfortunate that they seek my utter destruction. I am the tree planted by the very hand of the True Master. The outcome for one who seeks to cut me down is nothing but him wanting a share from the fate of Korah, Judas Iscariot, and Abu Jahl. Every day I wait with tear- filled eyes for someone to step out into the battlefield, seeking to settle the score with me in the way of the Prophets. Then we shall see whose side God is on! Nevertheless, stepping out onto the battlefield is not the work of the effeminate. Yes, Ghulam Dastagir was a soldier of the army of kufr [disbelief ] in our region of the Punjab who was slain [in battle]. Now it is futile and impossible to get even the likes of him to emerge from among these people. O people! Rest fully assured that with me is the Hand that will remain faithful to me unto the very end! Even if all your men and your women, your young and your old, and your commoners and your nobles join together to pray for my destruction until their noses rub off in repeated prostrations, and their hands become numb, God will never listen to your prayers. He will not desist until He completes His work. And if not even a single individ- ual from among human beings stands with me, the angels of God