Truth Prevails — Page 114
( 114 ) Does Mr. Faruqi find himself prepared to concede that Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, the Muslih Mau’ud , has really obtained a grand measure of success after migration, working under a series of severe difficulties grouped round the circumstances attendant on the Partition of the country, and the creation of Pakistan. If the blind eyes Of the bat cannot see In the flooding light Of daytime, you can hardly Blame the sun for this failure! And listen Mr. Faruqi! someone really appears to have fooled you, when he got you to hold that at the time of Partition, Hazrat Khalifatul Masiah II slipped out of Qadian, disguised as a woman, wrapped up in a burqa. (Truth Triumphs, page 45) The Holy Prophet said, on one occasion, it was enough to prove that a man was a liar, if he, indiscriminately, proceeded to pass on whatever he happened to hear, in any quarter. Then Mr. Faruqi has stated a dream of the Promised Messiah as follows: “Then I saw Mian Mahmud Ahmad. There was an Englishman with him. He entered our home. At first he took his stand where the pitchers of drinking water are kept; then he advanced towards the room in the upper storey where I do my work. It appeared as though he desired to go in there, and carry out a search. ” ( Tazkira , page 597, as quoted in Truth Triumphs, page 48) However, it is very curious, and highly regrettable, that Mr. Faruqi has refrained from putting down the rest of dream as well, and the exposition given by the Promised Messiah himself. We hope Mr. Faruqi would not mind if we complete the statement. “At this juncture I noticed a man standing in front of me, with features very closely resembling Mir Nasir Nawab. He beckoned that I too should go into that room, since the Englishman was likely to carry out a search. But the idea passed through my mind that there was nothing in that room, except freshly written sheets of the MS of my latest book, in hand at the time: that this was all he would find there. Then I woke up. ” ( Tazkira , page 597, 598) This statement carries the following note made by the Promised Messiah: “To have seen Mahmud in this dream, and to have seen Mir Nasir Nawab points to some good end, since the word ‘mahmud’ points to a happy close – i. e. , this tribulation would end well, Allah opening a