The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 345
344 Α'ΙΝΑ-Ε-ΚΑMĀLĀT-E-ISLAM-DAFI UL-WASĀWIS blessings of Allah be upon him, had declared the maulawis of this latter age as the worst of creation. Moreover, the late Nawwab Siddiq Hasan Khan, whom even you believe to be a Mujaddid [Reformer], has acknowledged in Hijaj- ul-Kirāmah that that latter age is this very period of time. Thus, to acknowledge the piety and righteousness of such maulawis without proof would mean falsifying the saying of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Therefore, let us have instances of your experience, but if you fail to present any, it will be established that you only possess a claim to piety, but no claim is worthy of acceptance without evaluation. The state of your inner being is known only to God Almighty as to whether you ever soiled yourself with the filth of lies and fabrication, or it might be known to those who are acquainted with your affairs. The man who emerges as truthful at a time of trial and does not aban- don the truth earns the seal of truthfulness. If you possess this seal, come forward and show it. Otherwise, fear God Almighty lest He may expose your flaws. What harm can your nonsensical malicious talk do to me? You write that I have been working as a legal agent and have been involved with litigation. You should desist from making such fabrications. You know well that my humble self has never been involved in acting on behalf of others in courts. But yes, it is true that in my father's time, most of the cases in connection with the family were conducted through lawyers and sometimes, I too, had to go personally to the courts. But if you insinuate that those cases might be false, you only make an accusation filled with satanic stench. Are cases of all plaintiffs false? Do they all always tell lies? O perverse-natured shaikh! Only Allah knows the state in which you shall die. Does a man who brings an action in court to protect or secure a due right always have to tell a lie? Certainly not. On the con- trary, the man upon whom God Almighty has conferred the capability of truth and who loves truthfulness is by nature averse to telling a lie,