The Heavenly Decree — Page 66
66 A sm a n i Fai s lah error—and the feminine pronoun in was indicative of the same. It was the Bat a law i ’s instigative miscon-ceptions that propelled him into error. M i r Sahib is a simple man with little knowledge of the finer points of religion and was, therefore, inflamed by Hadrat Bat a law i ’s mischievous instigations to the effect that such and such of my sayings were against Islam, and that such and such words were disrespectful to it. I hear that Shaikh Bat a law i has sworn about my sincere friends that: 44 and so extreme is his exaggeration in this regard that he does not even make an exception of the righteous, as Satan did. Although Bat a law i may be pleased because some of my renegade companions, he should remember that the drying of a twig does not mean the ruin of the garden. It is Allah Who dries up the branch that He chooses, and prunes it off and produces in its place other branches laden with fruits and flowers. Bat a law i Sahib must remember that if one person leaves this Jam a ‘at, God will bring twenty in his stead. One should also ponder over the verse: 45 44 I will, surely, lead them all astray. (The Holy Quran, Sa d 38:83) [Publier] 45 Allah will soon bring in his stead a people whom He will love and who will love Him, (and who will be) kind and humble towards believers, and