Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 144
144 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION charge of] kufr reverts to him—was it not our: right to call them kāfir in accordance with their own admission? Therefore, for a few days they exulted in the false pleasure that we are disbelievers. When their exultations died down and God spread our Jama'at across the entire country, they began seeking new plots against us. Then, in those very days, someone killed Pandit Lekh Rām of the Āryah Samāj within the stipulated time frame in accord with my prophecy. Yet alas! It never occurred to any maulawi that a prophecy had been fulfilled and a Sign in favour of Islam had been manifested. On the contrary, some of them repeatedly reminded the Government to apprehend the one who made the prophecy, yet even in this desire they remained unsuccessful and frustrated. A short while thereafter, Dr. Martyn Clark, the Christian missionary, filed a case of murder against me. What an occasion it was! They were so jubilant that their exultation knew no bounds. Some of them prostrated in mosques beseeching God that I may get capi- tal punishment etc. in this trial. They cried so long for this desire in their prostrations as to rub [as it were] their noses off their faces. But in the end, in accordance with the promise of God Almighty that had been announced beforehand, I was acquitted with much honour and I was permitted to sue those Christians [for defamation] if I wished. In short, maulawis hostile to me and their sycophants remained frus- trated even in this desire. Then, after a short while, a maulawi named Karam Dīn filed crim- inal charges against me in Gurdaspur and the maulawis opposed to me appeared as witnesses in his support in the court of Ātma Rām, the Extra Assistant Commissioner, and they spared no effort [to implicate me]. They had high hopes that they would succeed this time. To give them false pleasure, it so happened that Ātma Rām, lacking as he was in discernment, did not thoroughly consider this case and resolved to sentence me to imprisonment. Thereupon God revealed to me that He