The Heavenly Sign — Page 70
70 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i abstruse mysteries, they hasten to pass verdicts of disbelief out of stupidity. Not a single revered saint have they spared. And yet they themselves say that when the Mahdi as will come the Maulaw i s will declare him to be an infidel and so will they do to Jesus as when he descends from heaven. In response to all this, I say, well, Gentlemen, I seek refuge with Allah from all of you! The Holy One, Himself has been protecting His saints from your mischief, otherwise you would have devoured all the saints of the Umma of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa like witches. Your foul language was directed against all the saints of the former as well as latter times. You are yourselves fulfilling the very signs that you relate. It is strange indeed that they (the Ulema) have no gracious presumptions about each other either. Only a short time ago, three hundred had affixed their seal on an edict, published in Mad a rul H aq, declaring that the Muwa hh ids were irreligious. When such denouncements are so common and cheap, why should one fear them? But, it is regrettable that Maulaw i Nadh i r H ussain and Shaikh Bat alwi have employed a great deal of forgery in their edict and ruined their Hereafter with all sorts of calumny. In this short booklet, I can not go into the details of the dishonesty which Shaikh Bat alwi has employed, with the consent of Shaikh Dihlw i , in his Edict of Disbelief, and has thus spoiled his record book of good deeds.