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158 great Sign if Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh has any fear of God. To humiliate me, Munsh i Sahib has thought of two objections: (1) First, I did not publish the many books that I had promised to publish. But he did not consid- er that even if there is a delay, the Holy Quran also took twenty-three years to be completed. How did he come to know that I had bad in- tentions? Man is under God’s predetermined decree. ِ َعْمَال ُ بِالنِّيَّات أ اِل وإِنَّم َا ا — [and verily, deeds are (judged) by intentions ( S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a bu B a d’il-Wa hi , B a b Kaifa K a na B a d’ul-Wa hi ‘il a Ras u lul a hi s as , Hadith 1)]. Moreover, it was repeatedly advertised that anyone who cannot wait may ask for a refund of whatever money he had paid in advance. There was no reason to raise any objection unless one has a dirty mind. (2) The second objection is that my prophecies were not fulfilled. The only answer to this is: َ ْن ي ِ َاذِب ك ْ ال ى َ ِ عَل هللا َ لَعْنَۃ [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]. More than 100 prophecies have been fulfilled, for which there are thou- sands of witnesses. The prophecy concerning A tham was conditional and was fulfilled according to the condition. Tell me if that revelation was not conditional? To deny the truth is an act of the cursed. Even if I had an independent personal opinion that A tham would die within the prescribed time, you must first become an apostate from Islam to deny my right to hold such an opinion. The ijtih a d [independent per- sonal opinion] of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, according to his hadith, َلِي ھ َ َب َ و ھ َ ذ [( S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a bul-Man a qib, B a b al-‘Al a m a tin-Nubuwah fil-Isl a m, Hadith 3622)] also was incorrect. Then, according to your rule, you would also con- sider the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, false! First, reply to this question, and then you may criticize me. In the same way, the prophecy about the son-in-law of Mirza Ahmad Baig was also conditional. If you have any faith left, then why don’t you wait for this stipulation [to be fulfilled]? What kind of honesty was this that you didn’t even mention the prophecy about Lekh Ram in your entire book? Was that prophecy fulfilled or not? Did Ahmad Baig die with- in the stipulated time frame in accordance with the prophecy, or not? Only recently, upon my inquiry, your respected friend Deputy Fateh Ali Shah testified with great conviction that the prophecy about Lekh Ram had been clearly fulfilled. You belong to the same Jam a ‘at, but still, you are denying the truth! Author