The Heavenly Decree — Page 67
The Heavenly Decree 67 Finally, I wish to inform my readers that Mir 'Abbās 'Alī Sahib has also published a hostile announcement on 12 December 1891, full of discourteous and derogatory words. His words are no concern of mine. When the heart is diseased, the tongue, too, becomes diseased. But it is necessary to answer the three points raised in the announcement: First, Mir Sahib has completely misconstrued the picture of the Delhi debates. The present journal should suffice to remove this misconception, if he reads it with care. Second, Mir Sahib entertains the false notion that I am a Naturalist, that I deny the existence of miracles, that I reject the Night of Decree, that I am a claimant to Prophethood, that I vilify the Prophetsas and that I do not adhere to the tenets of Islam. I have already promised that I shall shortly publish a journal to remove these misconceptions. Should Mir Sahib read it attentively, and if Allah favours him, he will be ashamed of his baseless and unfounded miscon- ceptions. Third, while revealing his wondrous powers in the announcement, Mir Sahib claims to have the power to show the Holy Prophetsa in a vision. He also says in this announcement that he did not compete with me in this respect. He says that he had proposed for both of us to sit in a mosque, and then either I hard (and firm) against disbelievers. (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma'idah 5:55) [Publisher]