The Descent of the Messiah — Page 327
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS Copy of the postcard from Pir Mehr Ali Shah in which he admits that the book Saif-e-Chishtiyā'ī is the work of Muhammad Hassan The Card: My Dear and Faithful Friend Karam-ud-Deen Sahib. May you be safe. Peace be upon you and the blessings of Allah! A copy is being sent through the mail or through some reli- able carrier. Let it be clear to you that the rebuttal with respect to the commentary of Fatihah (meaning, I jāzul-Masīḥ) by Faizi Sahib has been included in this book (Saif-e-Chishtiyāt) with the permission of the deceased. ¹ This was something we had mutu- ally agreed upon both in writing and face-to-face in Jehlum. In fact, at the request of Faizi sahib, I had sent to him in Lahore the relevant manuscripts of the response to Shamsul-Bāzigha and had given him permission to publish them in his name. Alas, life was not faithful to him, and I did not find in Lahore the articles that were sent. Eventually, I had to undertake this task on my own. This is why I asked you to send me the books that had been in his use and wrote the rebuttal of the commentary in keeping with the prior permission and with some changes. Perhaps you or Maulawi Ghulam Muhammad Sahib may have to undertake this task in the future. 1 If this work was undertaken with permission and not through theft, then why was Muhammad Hassan not mentioned in the book, and why did not he say that he had written his articles with his permission? Why did he falsely claim that he had compiled it? Why did he not in his book publish any writing pertaining to the permission, and why did he remain silent un- til the time when God lifted the veil and the theft was caught? (Author) 327