The Shining Lamp — Page 69
NINTH [PROPHECY] us how many minutes have gone by as of 1 February 1897. How sad that Najfi also failed to show the spectacle of fall- ing from some minaret. شیخ نجدی بهتر از صد نجفی است گر همین لاف و گزاف و شیخی است [If this indeed is boasting and speaking nonsense, Then Sheikh Najdi (Satan) is better than a hundred Sheikh Najfis. ] 69 This person, Sharampat, is a highly prejudiced Arya who, I believe, does not even care about God in supporting the Arya faith. Nevertheless, God made him a witness for me. If I have spoken even an iota of falsehood in this account, he should publish an announcement stating the following under oath: 'I swear by Parmeshwar that what this person is saying is entirely false, and if it is not false, then may a severe punishment descend upon me within one year. '1* Thus, if that extraordinary punishment does not descend upon him, whereby everyone testifies that it was a punishment from God, you may kill me in any manner you wish. The condi- tion I have laid down for this is that the punishment must not be through human means but should be directly from the heavens. 1. There is not an iota of exaggeration in what has been narrated about Arya Sharampat. I swear in the name of God Almighty that it is entirely true and correct. Thus, whoever accuses me of exaggeration and embel- lishment commits an injustice, and the remedy for it is indeed what I have written. -Author