Arba'in — Page 172
172 and I have the handwritten statement of the second person with me. Now, explain this to me. There are two parties: One party declares me a k a fir and ascribes the epithet dajj a l to me, and proclaims its hostile revelations, amongst whom is Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh the Accountant, who is a disciple of Maulaw i Abdullah; and the other party considers me to be heavenly light and discloses its visions in this regard, such as the spiritual guide of Munsh i Il a h i Bakhsh, Maulaw i Abdullah Ghaznavi, and P i r Sahib-ul-‘Alam [the Standard Bearer ( Jhanday Wala)]. Now, how outrageous a situation it is that the saintly spiritual master testifies to my truth upon receiving a revelation from God, but the disciple declares me a k a fir! Is this not blatant mischief ? Is it not imperative that measures be taken to remove this mischief from our midst? And the process for this is that we initially address that individual—namely, Ilahi Bakhsh the Accountant, who opposed his own spiritual master— and invite him to settle this matter in two ways: first, in a meeting, in my presence or the presence of my