The Shining Lamp — Page 90
90 turning towards the truth. I challenged him to take an oath if this was untrue, promising to give him 4,000 rupees immediately if he did so. However, he refused and did not take any legal action to prove his false accusations which he had declared to be the basis of his fear; namely, that I had supposedly set loose a trained snake against him as well as some armed soldiers. In light of these affairs, it is clear that he had indeed inclined towards the truth. It was also stipulated in the revelation that he would still die quickly if he did not remain inclined towards the truth and con- cealed the truth. Consequently, by concealing the truth he died within seven months of my final announcement. His dying in accord with the ilh a m also clearly testifies that he was able to live a few days longer only due to his turning towards the truth. It is a clear fact that God’s revelation regarding Atham had one aspect for him to live and one for him to die. Thus, God manifested the fulfilment of both aspects in accord with the words of that proph- ecy. Was the aspect of the prophecy for him to live, namely the divine condition invented afterwards, and was it not there in the ilh a m from the beginning? If this understanding is flawed, then at least realize the obvi- ous that in the words of the ilh a m is mentioned h a wiyah [hell], and h a wiyah was understood to mean complete death. Now, say truthfully whether Atham did not live restlessly during the period of the prophecy, which fulfils the meaning of h a wiyah? Can it be said that he lived comfortably and in a state of satisfaction? Is it not true that after having exited the time period of the proph- ecy and remaining insistent upon Christianity, he died within seven months of my last public announcement? Can you show him to be sitting alive somewhere up till now? Are these matters