The Shining Lamp — Page 48
48 that greatly revered Avatars have appeared among you people as well, such as Raja Ram Chandar and Raja Krishan—could you even imagine that they would resort to such a device to safeguard their honour after making a prophecy, going to some follower of theirs and obsequiously supplicating, ‘Please fulfil this prophecy by some effort of yours and safeguard my honour’? Would their followers still esteem them to be good people [after such an act]? Yes, it is conceivable that some scoundrels would join an evil bandit and covertly carry out such deeds, but such wicked acts can in no way be reconciled with this Movement of my followers, which forcefully proclaims my role as the Promised Mahdi and Messiah. In light of this lofty claim, every follower expects to see a model of the highest standard of piety. So how is it possible that I claim to be the ‘ I s a [ Jesus] of the time yet I wish to have false prophecies fulfilled in this way, begging my followers: ‘I made a mistake so please cover up my shortcomings. Go and get your- selves killed and somehow make my prophecy come true’? Can such a wretch be the master of a Holy Jam a ‘at? O enlightened Aryas, where is your pure conscience!? And O wise people among the Aryas, where is your innate discernment? It is my principle to have sympathy for all of humankind. If a per- son sees that fire has broken out in a Hindu neighbour’s house and does not help to put it out, then I tell you truly that he is not of me. If one of my followers sees a Christian being killed and he does not go to help rescue him, I tell you very truly that he is not of us. Islam cannot be held responsible for the rogues of this nation. Some would kill children out of greed for a rupee apiece. Such crimes take place mostly for fulfilment of lewd sensual needs.