Once, at the time of Fajr1, I received the revelation:
Today some money will arrive from a relative of Haji Arbab Muhammad Lashkar Khan.
I communicated this prophecy to two Aryas of Qadian, Sharampat and Malawamal, in the morning; that is, long before the mail delivery time. But, on account of their religious hostility, both the Aryas insisted that they would only believe if one of them went to the Post Office. The sub-postmaster also happened to be a Hindu. I accepted their request and when the time of postal delivery approached, Malawamal out of the two, went to collect the mail. He returned with a letter in which it was stated that Sarwar Khan had sent ten rupees.
This gave rise to a new dispute as to who Sarwar Khan was and whether or not he was related to Muhammad Lashkar Khan. The Aryas had a right to settle this matter so that the truth may be ascertained. A letter was, thereafter, written to Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh, Accountant and author of ‘Asa-e-Musa, who was in Hoti, Mardan, at the time, and had not yet turned against me, about the dispute at hand and the matter that required the answer, namely, whether Sarwar Khan was related to Muhammad Lashkar Khan or not.
A few days later, Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh’s reply was received from Hoti, Mardan, in which it was written that Sarwar Khan was the son of Arbab Lashkar Khan. Upon this, both the Aryas were left speechless. Now understand that this is the kind of knowledge of the unseen which reason cannot propose anyone besides God to be capable of! In this prophecy, the witnesses on both sides are my opponents. That is, on the one hand there are the two Aryas to whom I had communicated the prophecy and one of them had gone to the Post Office to collect the letter; and, on the other hand, is Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh, who is stationed at Lahore these days and who published the book ‘Asa-e-Musa against me and criticised me to his heart’s content.
Of course, I only ask this much that these witnesses on both sides be required not merely to state, but to testify on oath, because both Malawamal and Sharampat are two bigoted Aryas who have published advertisements against me, and Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh has tried to mis- lead many people by compiling ‘Asa-e-Musa against me. Therefore, no option is left without testifying on oath.
In addition, there are so many others who know about this prophecy. They also know that a letter was sent to Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh and that the aforesaid reply had, in fact, been received. Hence, it is absolutely impossible for the two Aryas to deny the prophecy or for Ilahi Bakhsh to refuse to acknowledge that he sent the letter. Even if they do refuse, the point can still be settled whether Sarwar Khan does or does not have any relationship with Arbab Lashkar Khan.
1 Obligatory prayer performed at dawn. [Publisher]