Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 680
680 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI-THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION Letter of Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen First Part A statement to the effect that all revela- tions which Ilāhi Bakhsh published in opposition to me (about himself or myself)—every single one of them turned out to be false. This is of course known to everyone that Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh had named himself Mūsā [Moses] and declared me to be Pharaoh, and had enti- tled his book 'Aşã-e-Müsā [i. e. 'The staff of Moses'] in opposition to me. In other words, he had imagined that he would personally kill this 'Pharaoh' with this staff. Also, he had sent a letter addressed to me in which he had issued a threat and announced that: 'God has dis- closed to me that this person is a liar and is destined to meet his end at the hands of this Mūsā. ' There were a number of other similar but unwritten prophecies which he had disclosed only to his friends and acquaintances. The summary of all of them is that I would be killed in his lifetime, he would prevail against me, I would be humiliated before him, and he would attain great eminence in the world and, like * 1. Based on a statement by my learned and respected friend Maulawi Noor- ud-Deen, I have learned of a dream about Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh seen by a Maulawi 'Abdul-Wāḥid of the community of Ghazni [now Amritsar]. Instead of citing it in my own words, I reproduce below the actual letter written by the honourable Maulawi [Noor-ud-Deen], which is as follows: Our Master and Imam, Allah's blessings, bounties, and peace be upon you! 'Abdul-Wahid Ghaznavi had written a letter to me saying that the members of their community have seen [in the dreams] that Ilāhī Bakhsh is standing on a lofty minaret and people are there down below. Therefore, he will prosper now. There were several other words which I do not recall because I read letters cursorily and after reading I do not preserve them. Upon the death of Ilāhi Bakhsh I have written to 'Abdul- Wāḥid a letter on the same subject but have not received a reply to date. This, in sum, is what I recall with certainty concerning the matter. Testimony given in the name of Allah the Incomparably Great. Noor-ud-Deen