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CHAPTER ONE 41 prophecy after receiving revelation from God regarding the death of Pundit Lekh Ram, with his consent, and the prophecy was ful- filled within the appointed time, which was indeed a terrible sign from God. Likewise, the Muslim clerics too were angry, because I was opposed to the idea of their bloodthirsty Mahdi and blood- thirsty Messiah coming and furthermore I was also opposed to the doctrine of Jihad as understood by them. So, some impor- tant personages of these three communities counselled together to somehow prove the charge of murder against me, so that I should either be hanged or imprisoned. They were thus unjust in the sight of God Almighty for harbouring such thoughts. And God had informed me of this before such secret plans had been hatched, and had given me the tidings of my ultimate acquittal. And these holy divine revelations were announced beforehand to hundreds of people; and when after the revelation, I prayed that: 'O my Lord! Repel this affliction from me, it was then that I received the revelation that, I will repel it and acquit you from the charge brought against you in this trial. This revelation was verbally communicated to many whose number was more than three hundred, many of whom are still alive. It so happened that my enemies produced false witnesses in the court, and very nearly 'proved' the case, witnesses of the three communities mentioned earlier having deposed against me. Then, it so happened, that the entire truth of the case was disclosed by God Almighty in a variety of ways to the magistrate before whom the case was pending. This magistrate was Captain W. Douglas, the Deputy Commissioner of Gurdaspur. Thus it became clear to him that the case was false. Then without caring the least for the doctor, who was also a mis- sionary, his love for justice and fair mindedness compelled him to