The Truth Unveiled — Page 37
37 37 Isl Iamns terliolP of the British government, nor can it be proven that I have ever committed a criminal offence. A majority of the members of my community consists of respectable officials, chieftains and noble academics who would not maintain a relationship as followers with a person of ill-conduct. There exists no personal animosity or financial disagreement between Muhammad Husain and I; we are merely separated by a theological difference. For almost a year, these people have made it their practice to spew invectives and publish vulgar announcements about me. It is for this reason that after many announcements were sent to me for almost a year, and after they continued to publish requests for a prayer-duel , my good intention, fear of God, and forbearance guided me to issue a prayer-duel, seeking a decision from God Almighty instead of resorting to abusive language. I did not invent this method of undertaking a prayer-duel of my own accord—it has existed since the earliest days of Islam as a Sunnah. It is an Islamic practice to leave the verdict to God Almighty by means of a prayer-duel when two parties are unable to settle an affair. However, I did not pen this announcement in order to prophesy the death or ruin of any individual. My announcement, in summary, calls on God Almighty to humiliate the one who is unjust in the same manner that he seeks to disgrace the other. It is surely not my practice to prophesy the death of someone on my own. There were certain individuals about whom proph - ecies were made in the past such as Deputy Atham and Pundit Lekh Ram ; however, these people themselves insisted and being adamant, even provided handwritten statements that a prophecy be made about them. In the case of Lekh Ram, aside from my prophecy, he also made a prophecy about me and published an