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32 religious divines, testified to what was totally false. They went to the extent of alleging that despite being an adul- terer, a transgressor and a libertine, I dared claim to be righteous. The case dragged on for a long time. During this period a number of heavenly signs appeared. At long last, the judgement was announced by the magistrate, who happened to be a Hindu, imposing a fine of five hundred rupees on me. But God had already informed me: “ The Superior Court acquits. ” Therefore, when the appeal was filed in the court of the Divisional Judge, he, in his God-given shrewdness, at once got to the bottom of the case and noted in the judgement that whatever I had written about Karam Din was absolutely correct and I had full right to do so. The judgement he passed has since been published. In the end, he acquitted me of the charge and ordered the refund of the fine. He also censured the trial court for letting the case linger so long. In short, my opponents have never missed an opportunity to crush me and have left no stone unturned to destroy me. But, just as God has protected all the Prophets, through sheer grace, He also has protected me from all fires. Against the backdrop of these events, I can say with all the emphasis at my command that this government is far better than the Roman government under which Jesus as suffered torment. Pilate, the Governor in whose court Jesus as was initially tried, was in fact a follower of Jesus as , and so was his wife. That is why he washed his hands off Jesus’ blood. The Governor, despite being a follower of