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128 worship me. ( Faw a ’id Far i diyyah, Urdu translation, Musamm a bihi Fuy uda t Far i diyyah, Faq i r Mu‘ i n i Sh a h Jam a l i , p. 73, Maktabah Mu‘ i nil-Adab, Dera Gh a z i Kh a n) Hadrat H usain bin Man su r rta was asked, ‘Do you claim to be a messenger?’ He replied, ‘Alas, you underestimate my status. I claim to be God and you give me only the rank of messenger!’ ( Faw a ’id Far i diyyah, Urdu translation, Musamm a bihi Fuy uda t Far i diyyah, Faq i r Mu‘ i n i Sh a h Jam a l i , p. 76, Maktabah Mu‘ i nil Adab, Dera Gh a z i Kh a n) In the matter of the creation of a new heaven and a new earth, Maulaw i Sahib displays extreme dishonesty. Hadrat Mirza Sahib gave his interpretation of the vision; the most that Maulaw i Sahib has the right to do is to disagree and criticize that interpretation. But to ignore Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s own interpretation, while crit- icizing the recipient and to reduce the vision to a physical matter, is certainly not justice. Hadrat Mirza Sahib interpreted the vision as follows: ٍ تَائِيْدَات ٍ سَمَاوِيَّة ٍ و َ أَرْضِيَّة ی ٰ أَن َّ هٰذَا الْخَلْق َ الَّذِي ْ رَأَيْتُه ُ إِشَارَة ٌ اِل The creation of the heaven and the earth that I saw in a dream points towards the fact that heavenly and earthly support is with me. ( A ’ i nah Kam a l a t-e-Isl a m, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 5, p. 566) Then he writes: I have been sent only to convey the message to Allah’s