سراجِ منیر — Page 105
۱۰۵ روحانی خزائن جلد ۱۲۔ You should not conceal your testimony, and he who does conceal is surely wicked minded; and God is perfectly aware of what you do۔۔ Sir, (Sura Baqar R۔39)۔ I beg to enclose herewith a copy of the pamphlet named "Istifta"۔ The motive which has led me to write it is, that the Aryas entertain quite a false notion that Lekh Ram was murdered at my instigation۔ I am inclined to excuse them for this, as they are entirely ignorant of the supernatural origin of prophecies, and according to their belief inspiration and revelation from۔ God belonged only to the hoary antiquity, now they have become extinct, in other words the Divine influence is not eternal, but a thing of the past۔۔ Therefore they cannot reconcile the prophetic phenomena with the present age۔ However a study of the pamphlet, it is hoped, will not only clear me of any participation direct or indirect in Lekh Ram's murder, but will also be useful to those who deny the existance of prophetic revelation in this age, and who consider the power of telling future events inconsistent with the laws of Nature۔ At any rate this pamphlet will probably be interesting and instructive to those who sicncerely seek a reply to the questions:-(1) "Is there a God at all"? (2) "If so, does He reveal future events to His Elite۔"?۔ I have answered these questions by fully explaining such reasons as conclusively prove that tha prophecy about Lekh Ram was actually revealed by God, and that it was altogether out of the Province of man's capabilities and device۔۔ I have repeatedly said that Lekh Ram had challenged me to make the prophecy concerning himself which if it were fulfilled was to be the sole criterion of the truth or falsehood of Islam and the Arya faith۔ And when the prophecy was made, both the parties agreed to give it a very wide publication and awaited the result most anxiously۔ At last it has been most clearly and definitely fulfilled۔ The most curious phase of the prophecy, which has been very thoroughly discussed in these pages, is, that it was published in clear and unequivocal words in the "BURAHIN-1-AHMADIYAH" about seventeen years ago when Lekh Ram was a mere boy of twelve or۔ Istifta is an Arabic word and means to cosult a learned man for an opinion