Tadhkirah — Page 657
1903 657 Translation: [Arabic] Allah has decreed that I and My Messengers shall prevail. [ Haqiqatul-Wahi , p. 72, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 75–76] August 22, 1903 [Urdu] Pass your life under the protection of God. [Notebook of the Revelations of the Promised Messiah as , p. 15 and al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 32, August 28, 1903, p. 253 and al- H akam, vol. 7, no. 31, August 24, 1903, p. 6] August 23, 1903 I had published an announcement in English on August 23, 1903 concerning Dowie 747 and had under divine direction 747 Note by Hadrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad ra : Dowie was an American. He was a bitter enemy of Islam and a devout supporter of Christianity. He claimed to be an apostle. In spite of repeated admonitions from the Promised Messiah as , his attitude remained unchanged. Rather, he increased in pride, audacity and mischief. Finally, a prayer-duel took place between him and the Promised Messiah as which was published in many newspapers in Europe and America. (For details see Tatimmah Haqiqatul-Wahi , pp. 71–72, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 506–507) The Promised Messiah as says: His end was such that he was afflicted in every aspect of his life. He was proved dishonest; it was proved that he was addicted to liquor, which he had himself declared unlawful. To his great dismay he was expelled from Zion City, which he had founded and built at a huge cost. He was deprived of seventy million of cash which he had in his possession; and his wife and son turned against him. His father announced that he was a bastard…. Finally, he suffered a stroke of paralysis and was carried about like a log of wood. As the result of all these afflictions, he went insane… and finally breathed his last in great sorrow and misery in the first week of March 1907. [Tatimmah H aq i qatul-Wa hi, pp. 76–77, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 512–513]