Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 293
II APRIL 1908 time (despite making such mighty claims and being in such per- ilous circumstances) is sufficient in itself. It is a point to ponder that my claim dates back to the time when there were still a few years left in the thirteenth century [Hijri], and now twenty-six years have elapsed even of the fourteenth century. Despite internal and external opposition and frenzied con- trivances and in the presence of my varied serious illnesses- God has granted me a miraculous long life. They themselves assert that it would have been lethal and would have caused an end to the life of Holy Prophetsas if he forged a lie [against God] even for a moment or fraction thereof. Yet God gave me continued respite for thirty years despite the fact that-as they allege-I have forged lies [against God]. And not just that, He has supported the veracity of my claim with thousands of diverse earthly and heavenly Signs, and treated me like He treats only the truthful. He [God] did not do a single thing to insinuate that I am a liar. God only knows why, despite all this, the curtains of ignorance have drawn across their minds and why they fail to comprehend. ¹ 1. Al-Hakam, vol. 12, no. 27, p. 1-3, dated 14 April 1908 293