Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 565
EPILOGUE-SIGNS 565 As of today, twelve years, three months, and a number of days have passed since the announcement of this mubāhalah. Following this mubahalah most of them fell silent. Of those who did not desist from maligning me, there would be only a few who escaped tasting death or suffering humiliation. For example, Nadhir Husain of Delhi, who was a leading figure in my opposition and was at the forefront of those invited to join in a mubāhalah, after witnessing the death of his very competent son, himself died leaving behind no progeny. Rashid Aḥmad of Gangoh, whose name is recorded on page 69 of the invi- tation to the mubāhalah, became blind after my praying for his ruin and then died from a snake bite. Maulawi 'Abdul-Aziz of Ludhiana and Maulawi Muḥammad of Ludhiana, who are similarly named on this very page 69, also departed from this world soon after this invitation to the mubahalah. And similarly, Maulawi Ghulām Rusul, alias Rusul Bābā-whose name occurs on page 70 of the invitation to the mubahalah-died at Amritsar of the plague after the invita- tion to the mubahalah and [after] my praying for his ruin mentioned above. Similarly, Maulawi Ghulām Dastagir of Qaşür, mentioned on page 70 of this same book, Anjām-e-Ātham, and who had published a mubahalah of his own in his book Faiḍ-e-Raḥmānī,' died one month after the publication of that book. He did not die simply because I had invoked God's curse and sought God's chastisement upon him and other opponents who neither desist from mischief-making nor engage in the mubāhalah as documented in my book Anjām-e-Ātham on page 67, line number seventeen; but also his own mubahalah was, in fact, also the cause of his death for after mentioning my name and his own name, he had sought from God the complete eradication of the one who was unjust in the sight of Allah. As a result, his eradica- tion became effective only a few days later. On the same page, number 70, is entered the name of Maulawi Asghar 'Ali. He, too, did not desist from using abusive language against me until he lost an eye on account 1. Printing error. Correct name is Fatḥ-e-Raḥmānī. [Publisher]