Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page ix
ix This man confirmed my prophecy concerning him by his own death and that of his two sons by plague on April 4, 1906 in a state of hopelessness. Only a few days before, he had drawn up a statement of mub a halah praying that of the two of us he who is false should be destroyed. That paper was still with the copywriter who was occupied in writing its lithograph copy when Charagh Din and his two sons died suddenly of the plague. فاعتبروا يا اُولى االبصار [So take a lesson, O ye who have eyes. ] ( Haqiqatul-Wahi , p. 123, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, p. 126) The translation of the book was completed by Naveed Ahmed Malik under the supervision of Additional Wak a lat-e-Ta s n i f. The manuscript was edited by Munawar Ahmed Saeed, Ayyaz Mahmood Khan, Naser-ud-Din Shams, Bilal Ahmad Rana, and Rashida Kalim Rana. Salman Muhammad Sajid designed the cover, Fouzan Pal prepared the index, and Abdul-Wahab Mirza coordinated the preparation of the final manuscript. May Allah the Almighty reward all those and their families who participated in this noble endeavour for their sacrifices, and may He bless them abundantly in this world and the Hereafter. A m i n. Munir-ud-Din Shams Additional Wak i lut-Ta s n i f London, August 2015