The Heavenly Decree — Page 18
18 A sm a n i Fai s lah consoled me. My Beloved, it is happiness enough for me that You are mine and I am Yours. Your attacks will shatter the enemy’s ranks. All Your holy promises shall come to pass and You shall be the Saviour of Your servant. I now return to the topic under discussion and wish to make it clear to the readers that the harsh words of the Bat a law i which I have quoted are but a mere sample, otherwise there is no limit to the foulness of this man’s tongue. In truth, all this goes to the account of Mi yan Nadh i r H usain, since the pupil dares not to go against the wishes of the teacher. Mi yan Sahib himself resorted to foul language and got others to do the same. None of the foul words of the Bat a law i seemed abhorrent to Mi yan Sahib. It was under his roof that Bat a law i wrote another announcement, full of conceit, in which he wrote this sentence about me: 'He is my prey who has been unfortunate enough to fall into my hands at Delhi. I am lucky that I have again found my escaped quarry. ' Readers, be fair and see how base these utterances are! The truth is that even the cultured comedians and mimics of today observe some decency. Even people who have been low through generations do not display such meanness and boastful arrogance before one who knows their reality. If I had been Bat a law i ’s quarry, would I go to Delhi to seek out his mentor? Is the pupil greater than the teacher? When the teacher falls into my hands—birdlike—the readers can judge