152. [One Hundred Fifty-Second] Sign

Addressing me in a general sense, God had said:

Meaning that: I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you.

This prophecy has been fulfilled against hundreds of my enemies. This book is not enough to accommodate all the details. A great many of these people remarked about me, ‘He is an impostor and will die of the plague’, but through God’s power, they themselves died of the plague. There are a great many who put forth their ‘revelation’ that God had informed them [about me] that this man would die soon. Glory be to God that they themselves died shortly after such of their ‘revelations’. Still others had prayed against me that I may soon die, but they themselves died very soon thereafter.

People might recall the revelation of Maulawi Muhy-ud-Din of Lakhokay, who proclaimed that I was a disbeliever and had likened me to Pharaoh, and had published his ‘revelations’ about the torment that was to befall me. In the end, he himself died, and it has now been several years since he departed from this world. Maulawi Ghulam Dastagir of Qasur had similarly crossed all limits in hurling abuses at me. He had procured edicts of disbelief against me from Makkah. He, too, would pray against me day in and day out, and [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’] was his routine invocation. But that was not all. As I have just pointed out above, he also became eager to pray against me in a vain effort to emulate Sheikh Muhammad Tahir, the author of Majma‘ul-Bihar so that his miraculous power be proven. During the time of the author of Majma‘ul-Bihar, some foul-natured people had claimed to be the Mahdi and the Masih out of sheer imposture. Since they were iniquitous, God Almighty granted Muhammad Tahir’s prayer and destroyed them in the very lifetime of Muhammad Tahir. Therefore, Ghulam Dastagir became inspired by reading this tale and thought that he, too, should pray against ‘this false Mahdi and Masih’ so that my death would prove his ‘miraculous power’. But he failed to remember the following couplet of Sheikh Sa‘di:

Think not every jungle uninhabited; Tread easy, it may be that a leopard sleeps.

Had I been an impostor, I would have certainly died in response to such a prayer that was offered with great concentration and fervour, and Miyan Ghulam Dastagir would have been considered Muhammad Tahir, the Second. But since I was truthful, Ghulam Dastagir fell prey to the revelation of God Almighty:

[I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you.]

And the eternal disgrace which he had wished for me, backfired upon his own self.

This incident alone would have been sufficient to remove the veil of negligence, had any maulawi been God-fearing. It is incumbent upon everyone who seeks the truth to reflect upon the fact that a false Masih and Mahdi was killed as a result of Muhammad Tahir’s prayer, but when Miyan Ghulam Dastagir, in his imitation—nay rather, to demonstrate his likeness—prayed against me even mentioning this in his book Fath-e-Rahmani, and at the time of praying against me, he wrote in his book Fath-e-Rahmani these words concerning me which mean that I and all my followers be destroyed; thereupon he died within a few weeks and the mark of disgrace that he wished for me by asking for my death, was sealed as his own eternal fate. Will someone answer me whether this is a mere coincidence or if it came to pass by the will of God Almighty? I am still alive by the grace of God Almighty but more than eleven years have passed since the death of Ghulam Dastagir. What do you all think now? Did God dislike the false Masih and Mahdi of Muhammad Tahir’s time, bearing enmity to him, while God looked upon the ‘false Masih’ born in the time of Ghulam Dastagir with affection and honoured him to the extent that he killed Ghulam Dastagir during his lifetime and—returning his own curse to him—made him drink from the cup of death and cast this stigma of disgrace upon him until the Day of Judgment?

Had I died as a consequence of the prayer of Ghulam Dastagir against me and had Ghulam Dastagir continued to live up until now, would my enemies—indeed, the enemies of Islam—not have clamoured and proclaimed my falsehood with the beat of a kettledrum? Then why are the elders of the Ummah so tongue-tied now? Is this their righteousness? And [strange indeed it is] to say that this was not a mubahalah! Suppose this is not a mubahalah, but it still is a prayer against me in imitation of Muhammad Tahir; in contrast to it is my revelation:

[I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you.]

How is it that I was not adversely affected by this malediction but a clear effect was shown by God Almighty’s revelation:

[I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you.]

And that very malediction was made to descend upon Ghulam Dastagir in keeping with the Quranic verse:

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The man who wished to be the like of Muhammad Tahir, God made him the like of the false Masih. After his death, blessing upon blessing was showered upon me. Hundreds of thousands of people became my followers and three sons [of mine] were born subsequent to his death. Hundreds of thousands of rupees poured in and God granted me fame with honour virtually across the entire globe. Perhaps our opponents will now claim that the false Masih and Mahdi who died as a consequence of Muhammad Tahir’s malediction was actually a coincidental death, not the effect of Muhammad Tahir’s prayer. Thus, how far can we answer such claims? They might as well become atheists—as it already appears—and proceed to say that Ghulam Dastagir’s death was a coincidence.

Why do you care not for truth, O people? It torments my heart greatly.

Malice and prejudice have increased so much That it has caused to rot whatever little of faith remained.

Was this the very righteousness—the very Islam— For which you were renowned?

In short, the divine revelation:

[I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you.]

was powerfully manifested at hundreds of places and is still being manifested. What is the secret behind the Omnipotent supporting me to this extent? The secret is only that He does not desire His beloved to fail.

How beautiful You are, O Captivator of my heart! How lovely are Your attributes, O Love of my life!

Ever since I beheld Your face, I have given You my heart; Besides You, no one else exists in my world.

I can renounce both the worlds, But any separation from You burns my bones.

It is easier to consign one’s body to fire, But any separation from You terrifies me out of my wits.


1 Let evil befall them instead (Surah at-Taubah, 9:98). [Publisher]