The Heavenly Decree — Page 63
63 he also brought some of his relatives, friends and acquaintances into this Jam a ‘at. During this ten year period he sent me so many letters full of love and devotion that I cannot estimate their number. I believe I still have nearly two hundred of them in which he describes his devotion and attachment with extreme humility and modesty. Some of them contain his dreams which seemed to confirm his belief that I was from God and that my opponents were false. Based on these dreams, he expressed his everlasting devotion to me, as if he would be with me in this world and in the hereafter. He gave wide publicity to these dreams and narrated them to his followers and friends. If a person proclaims his loyalty with such fervour and Allah reveals that he is steadfast and not wavering, can such a revelation be called contrary to the facts? Many revelations reflect only on the present circumstances and are not related to events that follow. It is also true that, while a man still lives, we cannot pass judgement that his end will be an evil one, for a man’s heart lies in the hand of Allah, the Glorious. M i r Sahib is no big deal. If God so wills, He can turn the most callous and hard-hearted person to the truth. In short, this revelation describes the obtaining condition, not necessarily indicative of the final end, and the end is yet to come. Many there were who defected from the ranks of the righteous and became their sworn enemies, yet they later repented on