Arba'in — Page 79
Number Three 79 book, and Maulaw i Isma‘ i l of Aligarh, made unambiguous decla- rations that if I am a liar, I will die before them. And they asserted that certainly I would die before them because I was indeed a liar. However, once they published their writings for the world to read, they themselves died very soon thereafter. In this way, their deaths bore testimony as to who the liar was, but still these people do not learn their lesson! Is it not an extraordinary miracle that Muhy-ud-D i n of Lakhukay published a revelation relating to my death, and he himself died! Maulaw i Isma‘ i l published [about my death] and he died! Maulaw i Ghulam Dastagir wrote a book and emphati- cally declared that I would die before him, but he died! Reverend H am i dull a h Peshawari published his prophecy fixing the term of ten months for my death, and he died! Prophesying my death, Lekh Ram fixed the term of three years, and he died! All this took place so that God Almighty may fulfil His Signs in every way possible. The extent to which my own people have shown sympathy towards me is clear and it is natural that people from other nations may hold a grudge against me. Is there any method left that they haven’t tried to annihilate me? Which one of their plans has not been taken to the extreme to torment me? Have they held back in praying against me? Or, are the edicts to have me murdered lack- ing in any way? Or, have the schemes to insult and torment not been taken to their utmost level? Then, which Hand is it that saves me? If I was a liar, then what should have happened is that God Himself would have created the means to cause my destruction