The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 343
342 Α'ΙΝΑ-Ε-ΚΑMĀLĀT-E-ISLAM-DAFI UL-WASĀWIS not want to abandon truth under any circumstances, so let whatever happens, happen. Thus, that very day, or the next, I was made to appear in the court of an English magistrate, and the Superintendent of Post Offices appeared as the complainant on behalf of the Government against me. The magistrate of the court proceeded to record my statement with his own hand and, before anything else, asked me this very question: 'Did you put this letter in the packet and is this letter and this packet yours?' I answered without any hesitation: 'This is indeed my letter, and this is indeed my packet and I had dispatched this letter by placing it in the packet, but I did not put the letter in the packet with any ill-in- tent to cause loss of revenue to the Government. I did not consider the letter as being distinct and separate from the article enclosed in the packet, nor did the letter contain any personal matter. Immediately upon hearing this statement, Allah the Almighty inclined the heart of this magistrate in my favour. My opponent, the Superintendent of Post Offices, created a great uproar and made very lengthy statements in English, which I could not follow except that each time the Superintendent made a point, the mag- istrate would reject it, saying: ‘No, no. Thus, finally, when the plaintiff Superintendent had concluded his submission and finished venting his anger, the magistrate wrote his order in a couple of lines and said to me: 'You may leave. Upon hearing this, I came out of the courtroom deeply grateful to my Real Benevolent Lord, who had bestowed victory upon me even in opposition to a European officer. And I know full well that God Almighty delivered me at that time from that misfortune on account of my adhering to the truth. Before this case, I had also seen a dream that a man had stretched forth his hand to take away my cap, whereupon I said: 'What are you up to?' On this, he left the cap on my head and said, 'That is all right, that is all right. ' Another one of these incidents transpired as follows: My son, Sultan Ahmad, brought an action against a Hindu for the demolition