The Shining Lamp — Page 80
80 Accordingly, the Arabic ilh a m following this also points to the mischief related to murder, and it is the following: ُ ٰھُنَا فَاصْبِرْکَمَا صَبَر َ اُولُوا الْعَزْمِ. فَلَمَّا تَـجَلّٰی رَبُّہ ٗ لِلْجَبَل ِ جَعَلَہ ٗ دَکًّا. قُوَّۃ ه ُ اَلْفِتْنَۃ َْعْـمَالِ. اَل ِ ا ْہ ِ بِسَعْی ي َّ تَتَرَقَّی الْعَبْد ُ فِ اَل ٌ ِ ا ہّٰللِّٰ الصَّمَدِ. مَقَام ْد ي الرَّحْـمٰن ِ لِعُبَ The translation is as follows: When this bright Sign shall become manifest, a mischief 1 ٭ will emerge. (This is that very mischievous 1. ٭ Footnote: I have, up till now, received some fifty letters concerning the extent to which the Aryas and Hindus have held covert meetings and secret consultations for the purpose of carrying out my assassina- tion. Some among them are anonymous letters from Hindus and some are letters of highly respected Muslims who have been informed of these consultations. At this time it is not necessary to provide a copy of these letters here. They are all being kept by me in safe keeping, but I present here, by way of example, some of what appears in a Hindu newspaper so it may become known that I am facing the very same trial that was faced by Hadrat ‘ I s a [Jesus] due to the mischiefs of the Jews. And by the word فِتْنَہ — fitna [trial] which is found in the revelation ٰھُنَا ه ُ اَلْفِتْنَۃ is meant that very trial. And it is on this basis together with some other reasons that this humble one has been named Hadrat ‘ I s a. The mischief of the Jews consisted of two parts. One part had to do with their own plans for the killing of Hadrat ‘ I s a. And the other part had to do with the efforts they exerted to incite the Roman government to arrest and kill Hadrat ‘ I s a. So, the very same situation had to be faced [by me] during these days as well. The only difference that remained was that there the Jews were involved while here the Hindus. Hence, with regard to the first, the domestic efforts and conspira- cies, their example is made clear by the contents of the letter of M. R. Bashishar Das which he had arranged to be published in the first column on page 5 of the newspaper Aft a b-e-Hind dated 18 March 1897 CE. The heading of this piece is, ‘Beware Mirza Qadiani. ’ And under this it is written that: ‘Mirza Qadiani is also a guest for today or tomorrow,