Truth Prevails — Page 108
( 108 ) time a great noise would rise in the world, and much trouble and mischief. Therefore you should have recourse to patience, as Prophets with great resolve have always done. ” (Page 66) It is evident, therefore that to the mind of the Promised Messiah connection of the mischief mentioned in this Ilham was with the trouble caused by Maulvi Mohammad Husain Batalvi, by preparing a fatwa of kufr , which created a deep stir among the people. Says the Promised Messiah: “The prophecy, before this one, concerns the Istifta which came into being with the Istifta brought into existence by the hands of Maulvi Mohammad Husain, and Maulvi Nazir Husain, which raised a great noise in the world, and everyone broke away from me; and it came to be widely held that to call me a kafir , a faithless person, and a dajjal , came to be looked upon as a meritorious deed. ” (Page 66) The Ilham , namely, “Draw away from me this day, O ye guilty people” this too is not connected with the Muslih Mau’ud. Here is the proper setting and the wording of this Ilham : “I shall give protection to everyone in this house. And draw away from me, this day, ye guilty people. The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. This is what you have been so eager to behold. ” ( Tazkira page 624) In the first Ilham is a promise of protection against the plague for those resident in the house of the Promised Messiah – a promise which became a distinction between those who were believers and righteous people, and those who were guilty in the eyes of the Lord God – a Sign causing the truth to prevail, and falsehood to get uprooted, and run away. By the words: “This is what you have so eagerly been calling, and waiting for”. The sense implied is that of a chastisement, which the opponents demanded so vehemently, in their blindness and folly. So none of these Revelations has any bearing on the question of the Muslih Mau’ud. The Ilham in Tazkira , page 651, namely, “Indeed we have been, making a mistake”, seen in its proper context, is found sandwiched between the following Ilhams : “O Lord, cause some delay in the coming of the great earthquake. May God bring about some delay in the earthquake destined to be a sample of the Qiyama. On that occasion you will experience a strange kind of help, while your opponents shall fall down prone on their faces saying: ‘Pardon, O Lord, forgive us our sins; for, indeed we have been the transgressors’. And the earth shall say: ‘O Prophet of the Lord, I did not recognise you! Ye, those who are guilty, no blame shall be fastened on you this day. The Lord shall forgive you, since He is, indeed, the best and the greatest among those who have it in them to forgive. ” ( Tazkira , page 650-651)