Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 691
A SHINING SIGN—SIGN NUMBER 198 691 out the task assigned to me. A perusal of Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh's book, Asa- e-Mūsā, will show that he died six years after the publication of that book! Now, all fair-minded people can assess for themselves whether the promise of long life and lasting survival was fulfilled when he died from the plague in just six years without ever witnessing any success— and that, too, within my lifetime and in great frustration. At this point in time, I simply ask for the opinion of his friends, most respectfully submitting: 'Is it true that in accordance with his revelation he had claimed that he would not die unless and until the duties that he had been allotted were fully carried out? Have those duties that were assigned to him been accomplished? Furthermore, were his efforts and his slan- ders that he hurled upon me throughout his book Așa-e-Mūsā able to harm so much as a single hair upon my body?' And readers, please per- mit me to ask: 'Is it not a fact that Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh's revelation about [branding someone on the nose] recoiled upon him? Is it not a fact that the providence [of God] cast the fiery stigma of the plague on his face, which completely wiped him out, the result being that the arrow which he aimed at me in accordance with his revelation ultimately recoiled upon his own person?' to disbeliever, and a Pharaoh, while he himself was Mūsā; and that I would very soon be targeted by the chastisement of God through him in accordance with his revelations. Here it is also worth remembering-as the entries on page 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the book 'Aşa-e-Musā show-that I did indeed have correspondence with Bābū Ilāhī Bakhsh about his hostile revelations. In the letter which is recorded on page 2 of his book 'Aṣā-e-Mūsā, I had requested Bābū Ṣāḥib: 'The way you announce your revelations rejecting me and merely verbally to regale your friends through their recitation, publish them all un- der oath so that if these, your revelations, are fabricated and false, then God Almighty may mete out the punishment for the lie. ' His reply to this letter is that which is recorded on page 4 of his book. Its essence is that there was no need of any oath taking and if he had attributed to God anything false, He would punish him even without any oath. However, he promised to publish his revelations. In reply to this letter a statement is recorded on my behalf on page 7 [of his book]: 'I seek the solution of this problem only from God so that God Himself may judge between those who reject me and those who believe that I am the Promised Messiah. ' (Author)