Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 234
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 234 What other meaning can there be of this statement other than that he is pleading to God Almighty for the destruction of the transgressor? Now the act of Allah the Exalted made it clear who the transgressor is. The Holy Quran also contains this: 1 َتَنْعَل ِهّٰللا ىَلَع َنْيِبِذٰكْلا َتَنْعَل ِهّٰللا ىَلَع َنْيِبِذٰكْلا It has not openly stated that may the punishment descend on me if I am the liar and on him if he is a liar though its purport is the same even if the words are not. In the same way, when Kasuri [i. e. Ghulam Dastgir of Kasur] wrote in his book, this is what was meant by it. As an alternative, if we accept that he merely prayed against me, then inform us now what was the effect of his prayer? Did the words that he spoke concerning me and the prayer that he did against me not recoil upon him instead? Now tell me whether it is the hallmark of the Divinely accepted that the supplication they make, imploring with utmost humility, should have an adverse effect with the result that their own destruction should set a seal upon their falsehood; especially against the person whom they considered to be a fabricator and much, much more? In fact, by giving the example of the author of Majma‘ul-Bih a r , he himself desired to be his replacement. If I had faced any loss, lengthy announcements would have been published, but God did not give any opportunity to the enemy whatsoever to celebrate in any way at all. It should be understood fully that Ghulam Dastgir of Kasur prayed against me and asked God to cut my root, but its result was that his root was cut, and I gained ever increasing progress. Is this not an opportunity for a prejudiced opponent to take heed? It is 1. Invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:62). [Publisher]