Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 89
27 December 1906 89 Qadian? I swear in the name of God Almighty and say that no one even knew who I was [at that time]. Throughout an entire year not even a letter was received, or a guest visited. I was liv- ing a life of total obscurity. These Hindus who reside here and now hurl abuses, and engage in all kinds of opposition and dis- play wickedness, ask them on oath or even without it, whether any of these people were with me before? They are the first wit- nesses, and they have seen these Signs of God Almighty, and now they hide them. In this way they are, as if, ready to enter hell before anyone else. The A rya Sam a jists, Mal a w a mal and Sharampat Rai, are present here. They generally used to come and go with me. They were with me during the printing of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. They have seen its manuscripts. No one would even know where we had travelled to when we used to go to Amritsar, and no one knew where we had resided during our stay there. If they possess any faith or belief they should now respond. I say truly that they have seen many Signs of God Almighty and they are witnesses to them, but are silent due to the fear of their people and community. Why do they not disclose their testimony? This is the murdering of truth. They will soon come to know their end. They should state on oath whether there used to be such an influx of people [before]? Did I have similar successes? Were such number of letters received? You had read these texts. If it is true that when my condition was such that no one knew me, I relayed the news in advance to you after receiv- ing revelation from God Almighty and then it was fulfilled. So tell me whether it is man’s own doing that he discloses the news in advance, and it is fulfilled after the lapse of a considerable amount of time? A person who is living in a state of anonymity, Almighty Allah informs him that a time will come that you will become known in the world.