The Truth Unveiled — Page 60
60 60 Islasm ntals eriosP urPsb who follow him. Thus, as a result, they abuse me and hurl filthy invectives at me. After enduring these circumstances for quite some time, I finally issued an announcement for a prayer-duel on 21 November 1898. It included the following revealed words: جَزَاء ُسَیِّئَۃ ٍبِمِثْلِھَا. It prophesied that, of our two parties, the one which perpetrates grave injustices will face the same kind of humiliation which it sought for the other. So today, this prophecy has been fulfilled because Maulvi Muhammad Husain of Batala sought to humiliate me through his writings by declaring me as being opposed to a unanimously shared Muslim belief, and labelling me a heretic, a disbeliever and an antichrist. Further, he insti - gated the Muslims against me through such writings by stating that they ought to consider me a non-Muslim and one who does not follow the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet sa because my beliefs are not in accordance with theirs. But now the Muslims and their scholars have come to know after reading the 14 October 1898 edition of his magazine, which was published in English as a means to acquire land from the British government that Muhammad Husain is himself opposed to their collective belief. In this edition, he has categorically rejected the coming of a Promised Mahdi whose advent is awaited by all Muslims and who, in their view, will be born into the progeny of Hazrat Fatimah, be the Khalifah of the Muslims, the leader of their faith and who will fight religious wars against other denominations. Jesus, peace be upon him, will descend from heaven to help and assist him. Both will come with the same purpose and that is to spread religion with the sword. Now, Maulvi Muhammad Husain has categorically rejected the coming of such a Mahdi.