Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 339
POSTSCRIPT-SIGN NUMBER 118 339 See Barāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya page 227. ¹ However, I am certain that his testimony will also require an oath. 118. [ONE HUNDRED-EIGHTEENTH] SIGN-Once, when I was in Gurdaspur in connection with a criminal case (which Karam Din of Jhelum had filed against me), I received the revelation: يَسْتَلُوْنَكَ عَنْ شَأْنِكَ . قُلِ اللَّهُ. ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُوْنَ. Meaning that, they will enquire about your stature—that is, what your stature and rank is-say, 'It is God who has bestowed this rank upon me' and then leave them to their frivolities. So I communicated this revelation to the Jamāʻat who happened to be with me at Gurdaspur and were no less than forty in number, includ- ing Maulawi Muhammad Alī M. A. and Khwajah Kamāl-ud-Din B. A, the pleader. Later, when we went to the court, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs asked me the same question, namely 'Is your status and station such as is described in the book Tiryāqul-Qulüb?² I said, “Yes, by God's grace, this is the station. It is He who has bestowed this station upon me. With this, the revelation I had received in the morning was fulfilled close to Asr [late afternoon Prayer] and led to enhancing the faith of all our Jamāʻat. 1. This reference text appears in Rūhānī Khazā'in, vol. 1, page 252 published in 2008. [Publisher] 2. This is a mistake. It should be Tuhfa-e-Golarhviyyah. We have obtained the certified copy of the court file of the case of Hakim Fadl Din versus Maulawī 'Abul-Fadl Muhammad Karm-ud-Din Dabīr of unknown parentage, resident of village Bheeń, Tehsil Chakwal, District Jhelum. It contains the words: Tuhfa-e-Golarhviyyah, is my composition. It was published on the first of September 1902. It was written in refutation of Pir Mehr 'Alī, but not in re- sponse to Saif-e-Chishtiyā'ī. 'Question: Is what you have said about certain persons on page 48-50 of this book, applicable to you? Answer: 'By God's grace and Mercy, it is applicable to me. (Publisher)