Amin
Many people must be aware that for about twenty years, Dr. ‘Abdul- Hakim Khan has been among my followers. For some days past, he has been estranged from me and has turned into a bitter enemy. In his booklet Al-Masih-ud-Dajjal he designates me a liar, pretender, Satan, Antichrist, mischief-monger, and consumer of illegitimate income. Moreover, he calls me dishonest, greedy, selfish, corrupt, liar, and one who lies in the name of God. There is not a single fault which he has not ascribed to me, as if there has never been a compendium of all these evils except me since the beginning of the world. But, this was not all that he did. He toured the major cities of the Punjab like Lahore, Amritsar, and the rest, delivering public lectures and invariably ascribing all kinds of misdeeds to me, ridiculing me, and declaring me to be dangerous to the world; more dangerous than even the Devil.
In short, I have suffered greatly at his hand, the details of which need not be given here. What is more, Miyań ‘Abdul-Hakim did not rest content with all this. He also publicly announced in each lecture, in the presence of hundreds of people that God had revealed to him: ‘During the next three years, this man [i.e. me] would die on account of his being a liar and an impostor.’
I exercised patience in the face of these prophecies he made, but today, 14 August 1906, my learned friend Maulawi Nur-ud-Din received a letter which, after hurling all kinds of abuses and faults upon me, states that God Almighty had informed him on 12 July 1906 about my demise to the effect that I shall die within a period of three years from this date.
Now that things have reached such a pass, I too for my part do not consider it inappropriate to publish what God has revealed to me about him, which in fact constitutes a blessing for the people. If, for a fact, I am a liar in the estimation of God and if I have been lying in His name day in and day out for twenty five years, without any fear of His majesty and glory; if my dealings with Allah’s creatures are characterized by misappropriation of people’s wealth through dishonesty and deceit; and if I torment Allah’s creation with my own misconduct and selfishness, then under such circumstances, I deserve punishment more than all the evildoers put together so that people are saved from my mischief. But if I am not what ‘Abdul-Hakim Khan takes me to be, I trust that God will not cause me to die in a manner that there should be a curse before me and a curse behind me. I am not hidden from God’s view. Who knows me better than Him?
I therefore reproduce below the two prophecies, i.e. Miyań ‘Abdul- Hakim Khan’s prophecy about me and mine about him and leave the judgment of it all to the Almighty.
1 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. [Publisher]
2 We praise Him and invoke blessings upon His Noble Messenger(sa). [Publisher]
