The Need for the Imam — Page 70
70 not been fulfilled, Miy an Batalvi Sahib may well imagine what forceful articles he would have pub- lished in Ish a ‘atus Sunna against me, and what effect they would have had on the people. Can anyone un- derstand why God should have heaped shame and disgrace on Batalvi and his ilk, and has it not been decreed in the Holy Quran that God shall always grant victory to the believers? And what would have been left of me, if this prophecy—which was not ac- companied by any condition whatsoever, and related to an opponent who would gnash his teeth at me—had turned out to be false? Is it not true that if this proph- ecy had turned out to be false, Shaikh Muhammad Husain Batalvi would have leapt with joy? He would have written gleeful articles in his paper, poking ridi- cule and fun at me, and would have held public celebrations. But, what has he done now that the prophecy has been fulfilled? Is it not true that he has thrown away a great Divine sign as though it was rubbish, and has insinuated in his blighted paper that I am the murderer of Lekhram! Yes, I am a killer, but I do not kill with man-made weapons, rather I kill with a heavenly weapon—i. e. , prayer, and I had to resort to this only due to his insistence and repeated requests. I did not wish to pray against him, but he himself de- sired it. I can be accused of murder in the same way