Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 902
902 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI and not the Turkic peoples. Also, He revealed to me that some of my grandmothers descended from Fatimah, [the daughter of the Holy Propheta], and from certain other members of the Family of the Holy Prophets. Allah has combined in them the progeny of Isḥāq [Isaac] and Ismail [Ishmael] in the utmost wisdom and appropriateness. I have heard from my father and read in some of my ancestors' biog- raphies that they initially lived in Samarqand, before they migrated to India. They were among the chiefs and ruling elite of that land and were great supporters and patriots of the Faith. Thereafter, their resolve for travelling drew them to faraway lands and the journey expanded to them its tributaries until they traversed the land of this town that is named Qadian. They found it to be a blessed place surrounded by fertile and productive land. They liked its climate, its water, its trees, and its lush green fields, and thus halted their journey there. They were a people who preferred villages rather than cities. God bestowed on them plenty of land and property. They became the lords of the towns and cities around them. Later, when a considerable period of time elapsed in this condition, and God's decree descended upon the Mughal Empire, He raised my forefathers to become the chiefs of this land. They became self-governing rulers of this part of the world and exercised full control over this territory. God Almighty, in His grace and mercy, fulfilled all their desires. Later, after having lived in bounty, prosperity, and honour for a long time, God Almighty, in His deep wisdom and profound discernment, imposed on them a people known as Khalsah [Sikhs], who were cruel-hearted. They did not respect the nobility nor show compassion to the poor. Whichever town they entered, they destroyed it and humiliated its nobles. Because of their oppression, the full moons of Islam were reduced to crescents. They were among the opponents of Islam and the bitterest enemies of the religion of the Best of Mankind [i. e. the Holy Prophetsa]. Therefore, during the rule of those mean people, my forefathers were inflicted with great tribulations to the extent that they were forced to abandon the seat of their government. The disbelieving lot snatched away their