An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 265
265 having a Mub a halah with the disciple of Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Ghaznav i for whom the Promised Messiah as had a great deal of respect and the Promised Messiah as believed if Maulav i ‘Abdull a h had lived longer he would have become his follower. It is significant that the Promised Messiah as never wished any evil to befall Maulav i ‘Abdul H aq Ghaznav i. All he prayed was that, as his opponents regarded him as an impostor and an infidel, and if he was really so, God should curse him in an unprecedented manner. The period during which the judgment of God would be visible was one year. The Promised Messiah as suggested another method which he had already made known through a flyer that he issued, that is to seek the acceptance of prayer by praying for the sick. Maulav i ‘Abdul H aq Ghaznav i did not accept the argument that how all the saints and pious people could be assembled at one place and who would bear the expenses of assembling them. The Promised Messiah as strongly rebutted this criticism of Maulav i ‘Abdul H aq Ghaznav i. Two of the closest companions of Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Ghaznav i and respected by the Ghaznav i family, Maulav i Muhammad Ya‘q u b and Ha f iz Muhammad Y u suf declared before a large gathering of people that Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Gahznav i had a vision, in which he had seen the light of God descending upon Qadian, of which his children were deprived. The sentimental attitude adopted by Promised Messiah as towards Maulav i ‘Abdul H aq Ghaznav i because of his father, Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Ghaznav i , had coloured the Mub a halah right from the beginning. Even then Maulav i ‘Abdul H aq Ghaznav i came out with a leaflet declaring that God had blessed him.