Once, when I was in Gurdaspur in connection with a criminal case (which Karam Din of Jhelum had filed against me), I received the revelation:
Meaning that, they will enquire about your stature—that is, what your stature and rank is—say, ‘It is God who has bestowed this rank upon me’ and then leave them to their frivolities.
So I communicated this revelation to the Jama‘at who happened to be with me at Gurdaspur and were no less than forty in number, including Maulawi Muhammad ‘Ali M.A. and Khwajah Kamal-ud-Din B.A, the pleader. Later, when we went to the court, the lawyer representing the plaintiffs asked me the same question, namely ‘Is your status and station such as is described in the book Tiryaqul-Qulub?1 I said, ‘Yes, by God’s grace, this is the station. It is He who has bestowed this station upon me.’ With this, the revelation I had received in the morning was fulfilled close to ‘Asr [late afternoon Prayer] and led to enhancing the faith of all our Jama‘at.
1 This is a mistake. It should be Tuhfa-e-Golarhviyyah. We have obtained the certified copy of the court file of the case of Hakim Fadl Din versus Maulawi ‘Abul-Fadl Muhammad Karm-ud-Din Dabir of unknown parentage, resident of village Bheeń, Tehsil Chakwal, District Jhelum. It contains the words: Tuhfa-e-Golarhviyyah, is my composition. It was published on the first of September 1902. It was written in refutation of Pir Mehr ‘Ali, but not in response to Saif-e-Chishtiya’i. ‘Question: Is what you have said about certain persons on page 48-50 of this book, applicable to you? Answer: ‘By God’s grace and Mercy, it is applicable to me.’ [Publisher]