First Part

This is of course known to everyone that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh had named himself Musa [Moses] and declared me to be Pharaoh, and had entitled his book ‘Asa-e-Musa [‘The staff of Moses’] in opposition to me. In other words, he had imagined that he would personally kill this ‘Pharaoh’ with this staff. Also, he had sent a letter addressed to me in which he had issued a threat and announced that: ‘God has disclosed to me that this person is a liar and is destined to meet his end at the hands of this Musa.’ There were a number of other similar but unwritten prophecies which he had disclosed only to his friends and acquaintances. The summary of all of them is that I would be killed in his lifetime, he would prevail against me, I would be humiliated before him, and he would attain great eminence in the world1 and, like Prophet Musa, he would become the leader of hundreds of thousands of people. I tried very hard to gain access to his confidential revelations but I regret to say that they remained restricted to his coterie of friends and I could not lay my hands on any documentary evidence. However, the extent to which he published his revelations in his book should be sufficient for any fair-minded person. Although I have not been able to find some of his rather frivolous and most absurd ‘revelations’ which he used to record in a small notebook, the ones that have been found contain enough material to expose his falsehood. However, there is no hope of retrieving those ‘revelations’ which were kept secret. In fact, it is certain that all such absurd revelations that were made against me under the fervour of the self must have been buried along with him.

Among the revelations about me which Ilahi Bakhsh had written in ‘Asa-e-Musa, which he claims in the book to be from God Almighty, is the presumed ‘revelation’ recorded on page 79 of his book ‘Asa-e-Musa and is as follows

(Translation): ‘For you is peace. You shall prevail and upon him’—that is, upon this humble one—‘shall descend the wrath of God and he will most certainly perish’; meaning that, you shall remain alive and witness his death and destruction. ‘Therefore, ponder and reflect.’

The meaning of this revelation as given by Ilahi Bakhsh himself, spread extensively throughout his book with reference to his other revelations, is that wrath shall overtake me and I shall die during his own life; whereas in actual reality, he himself died during my life. Everyone knows that the plague has been stated to signify death by the wrath of God in all revealed Scriptures. At the time of Hadrat Musa, peace be upon him, the Children of Israel were stricken with plague because they had become the object of God’s wrath. The Torah contains a detailed description of this. Then, after Hadrat ‘Isa, the plague overtook the Jews, regarding whom there was a promise in the Gospel that God’s wrath would descend upon them. In the Holy Quran, this very plague has been designated

[‘chastisement from the heavens’], as Allah the Exalted says in the Holy Quran:

Meaning that, so We sent down upon the transgressors the plague as punishment because they were disobedient.

But nowhere has Allah the Exalted said

Meaning that, We sent down the plague upon them because they were believers. Thus, a believer can never become deserving of being punished by the plague. On the contrary, it is specifically reserved for the disbeliever and the transgressor. This is why ever since the creation of this world, no Prophet of God has ever died of the plague. True, such believers who are not totally cleansed of sin, do sometimes contract the plague and die from it. This kind of death serves as an atonement for their sins and it is a kind of martyrdom, but nobody would have ever heard that, being Musa, someone contracted the plague. Only a person who is extremely wicked, filthy, and depraved could dare hold the belief that a Prophet or Vicegerent of God ever died of the plague. Therefore, if this kind of death by the plague had been a laudable type of martyrdom, upon which there could be no kind of criticism, then the Prophets and Messengers of God would have been the first to merit it. But as I have just stated, no one can prove that any Prophet or Messenger or a holy person of the highest order, who held the distinction of converse and discourse with God, ever suffered from this evil disease since the inception of the world and then died of it. On the contrary the primary targets of this disease have, from the very beginning, been those very people who were guilty of a variety of sins and transgressions or who were disbelievers and faithless. Reason does not at all permit that Allah’s Prophets, Messengers, and recipients of His revelation should similarly suffer from the disease which God has prescribed to punish the disbelievers since the earliest of times. The Torah, the Gospel, and the Holy Quran—all three unanimously declare that the plague has always been sent down to punish the disbelievers. Moreover, as is borne out by the revealed Scriptures and history, God has caused hundreds of thousands of disbelievers, transgressors, and wicked people to perish through this very plague from the very beginning. God is far above and beyond allowing His Elect to become victim of this chastisement together with the disbelievers, and allow His exalted Prophets to suffer the same chastisement from which thousands of evildoers have always been dying during the time of the Prophets. Hence, no Prophet ever died of the chastisement that overtook the people of Lut [Lot], and, indeed, no Prophet has ever died of the chastisement which overtakes his people. Similarly, the plague, which is a punishment specifically meant for the disbelievers, cannot touch any chosen one of God. If anyone makes a claim contrary to this and says that a Prophet among the past Prophets did die of the plague, he is free to think so. I cannot muzzle a shameless or insolent person, but this is indeed what is proven from the Book of Allah that the plague is

[chastisement] and it always descends upon the disbelievers. However, it is true that just as Hell is specifically reserved for disbelievers, and though some sinful believers too will be cast into Hell, this will only be to examine, cleanse, and purify them. But in accordance with the promise of God:

Meaning that, the exalted ones will be kept away from Hell. The plague, too, is a kind of hell and the disbelievers are cast into it for the purpose of chastisement, and such believers who cannot be said to be innocent, and are not entirely free from sin, for them this plague is a means of purification and it is this plague which God has called ‘hell’. As such, the plague may possibly be prescribed for believers of an inferior quality who stand in need of purification, but those people who occupy exalted stations of love for—and closeness to—God shall never enter into this hell. Therefore, is it not strange that the person who presents his own revelation that

[‘The sum and substance of it all is that after God, you are the greatest.’]—a revelation, of which Munshi ‘Abdul-Haqq is, among several others, also a witness—how can it be that such a person who claims to be the greatest in stature after God, and who claims to be the Musa of the age, should die of the plague that symbolizes the wrath of God? Can any wise person accept such a thing?

And if someone should assert that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh did not die of the plague, then what could possibly be my reply besides saying

[‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]? Letters received from Lahore reveal that Ilahi Bakhsh had gone to attend the funeral of Ya‘qub, son of Muhammad Ishaq. This Ya‘qub had died of the plague. It was there that Ilahi Bakhsh contracted the plague. The newspaper, Paisa Akhbar, dated 10 April, contains the following report:

A tragic death: We regret to announce that Maulawi Ilahi Bakhsh Accountant (Pensioner) died on Monday, 8 April,4 at Maulawi ‘Abdul-Haqq’s house, after suffering from fever for only a day.

Now, a sensible person can understand how severe the spread of the plague was in Lahore during those days as is still the case. So far, thousands of people have died only due to this particular kind of fever. And what kind of fever is there apart from the plague that can do away with a man in only one day? Bear in mind that plague is inseparably accompanied by a high fever which proves fatal within one or two days. Given that the plague was raging in Lahore when Ilahi Bakhsh died and he had gone to participate in the funeral rites of another victim of the plague and had fainted there, was some evil spirit supposed to be responsible for his collapse? Obviously, those were the days when the plague was spreading, particularly in Lahore where it was raging. Who can dare deny that in these days hundreds have died in Lahore alone on account of the fever caused by the plague? Even now the situation continues to be the same. Some suffer a swelling of the glands and some do not. Some die of pneumonic plague and some suddenly die comatose. As such, it would be highly brash to heap lies on poor Ilahi Bakhsh without any rhyme or reason that he did not die of the plague. Did Ya‘qub die of plague or not? I have learnt from reliable medical doctors that Ilahi Bakhsh had contracted a most severe form of plague which finished him in a single day. I reproduce herein a letter by Dr. Mirza Ya‘qub Baig, Assistant Surgeon as evidence:

My master, leader, Imam, ‘Proof of Allah and the Promised Messiah,’ may Allah’s peace be upon you,

Allah be praised that your prophecy has been fulfilled and the enemy died. Congratulations to Hudur! Ilahi Bakhsh developed all the typical symptoms of the plague and we have learnt from reliable means that a swollen gland had developed upon his left thigh in the groin. Therefore there is no doubt that he died of the plague. All the rest is fine.

Then, if it is asked which of Ilahi Bakhsh’s friends published the news that he died of the plague, I reproduce below the testimony concerning the plague of Ilahi Bakhsh from the paper Ahl-e-Hadith, dated 11 April 1907 which is as follows:

We regret to report that Maulawi Ilahi Bakhsh of Lahore, the author of ‘Asa-e-Musa also became a martyr to the plague. See paper Ahl-e-Hadith, dated 11 April 1907.

Then, Ilahi Bakhsh quotes another revelation of his concerning me on page 79 of his book ‘Asa-e-Musa which is as follows

Although the expression is tainted with a grammatical error in that the preposition lam has been applied to the word man, Ilahi Bakhsh has translated it to mean as if I would be humiliated in opposition to him and his truthfulness would be manifested.

Ilahi Bakhsh had personally heard me pronounce this revelation a number of times and God had manifested what the end was of every single person who came into opposition with me. Thus, in this revelation there is only the lam from Ilahi Bakhsh, which usually comes to indicate ‘for’ but here it is out of place and opposed to his purpose. However, as stated, the revelation would mean that, ‘O, Ilahi Bakhsh, I shall humiliate you in support of the one who seeks your humiliation.’

And if we were to assume—as is indeed Ilahi Bakhsh’s intent—that by ‘humiliating him’, God means He will humiliate me, then this meaning has evidently been proven false. The reason is that for the last so many years I have been publicly announcing that Ilahi Bakhsh is false in presenting himself as Musa and in rejecting me, and that God will disgrace him. It has been quite some time since I published this revelation of mine. Given this state of affairs, it is quite clear that God disgraced Ilahi Bakhsh in my presence by causing him to die of the plague and he was unsuccessful in all his designs, whereas God honoured me by making hundreds of thousands of people join my Jama‘at. Thus, if Ilahi Bakhsh did in fact receive this revelation from God—that God would humiliate the one who sought to humiliate him—it was but necessary for that revelation to be fulfilled. However, the untimely death of Ilahi Bakhsh in my own lifetime set a seal upon him being a liar. He claimed that ‘this personis Pharaoh, and I am Musa’, that I would die in his lifetime, that I would die of the plague, that all my Jama‘at would be destroyed, that the wrath of God would descend upon me, and that nothing would be left of me. By contrast, God bestowed perfect progress and full honour upon me, and granted me renown in all parts of the world, and caused this vain, ill-mannered, short-tempered, and loud-mouthed enemy to die of the plag ue in my own lifetime. Would you still call him Musa? What kind of Musa was he, that the one whom he used to designate as Pharaoh and whose death he said would take place in his own lifetime, turned out to be the very one in whose lifetime he himself died an ignominious death by the plague? It is strange indeed that the one he used to name Pharaoh had announced his revelation:

Meaning that, God says: ‘Surely, I shall save all those from the plague who dwell within the four walls of this house.’

As a result, by the grace of God, not even a dog has died within the four walls of my house from the plague despite the virulent attacks of plague rampant in these parts for the last eleven years. On the contrary, the one who was wont to pronounce himself Musa died of the plague. Not only this but all his revelations that he had published forecasting my death by plague and my discomfiture proved to be false and became the cause of his own humiliation. So where is his vaunted revelation !

Such is the end of those who consider the prompting of their ego to be revelations and do not assess the validity of their so-called ‘revelations’ by the criterion of the testimony of the works of God.

Remember that, unless and until such extraordinary Signs of God pour down in support of revelations as far exceed the common experience, considering one’s revelations to be the word of God is tantamount to adopting the path to Hell and purchasing a disgraceful death. For, a revelation is no more than a statement in which Satan too may have ashare. Also, a person is quite capable of fabricating such a statement. It could also be a prompting of the self. Therefore, it would be the height of folly and ignorance on the part of a person to consider such words to be the words of God simply because they happen to issue forth from one’s tongue. On the contrary, the Word of God must necessarily be accompanied by the Work of God by way of testimony—and indeed a very powerful testimony—because claiming that God speaks to a person is no ordinary claim. If such a claimant is not from God, he can cause an entire world to be doomed to perdition. Therefore, in support of such a person’s verbal claim, a practical testimony of God Almighty is required in the manner that God has been providing since the most distant ages in support of the true Messengers and Prophets. But such minor and insignificant happenings as are part of an ordinary person’s life cannot be called the testimony of the works of God. For instance, a person may well see in a dream that in his or someone else’s house a baby boy will be born and it so happens that a baby boy is, in fact, born. Or he has the dream that a certain person would die who does, in fact, happen to die or sees in a dream that a certain person would be frustrated in a particular enterprise and this does, in fact, happen. Such dreams are universal. Even disbelievers and polytheists are not without their share of such dreams. Thus, if a person sees an ordinary dream and this dream or revelation is not marked in quality and quantity, by any singular characteristic of its own, one cannot logically assert that such a person is from God; as has already been pointed out, such dreams can also be seen by evil and wicked people. Therefore, one should not become arrogant upon experiencing such dreams and revelations. Rather, this should be considered as a trial. For a true divinely appointed person it is necessary that such experiences as can be legitimately designated as Signs of God should, in quantity and quality, attain a level which is beyond the competence of any ordinary person. In the case of such a person, the hand of God Almighty should be manifestly seen to be at work and divine Signs should be felt to be pouring down like rain providing him extraordinary support, from which it would become clear that he is the recipient of God’s special succor in all his endeavours. In short, this is indeed the greatest indication of such a person, that heavenly Signs, help, and succour should attain such consummation, both in quality and quantity, as none in the world can equal—even if it is a single solitary Sign but it is so overwhelmingly outstanding and majestic that upon seeing it, all the enemies seem to be like corpses and fail to produce its equal. Or the number of such Signs should be so large that it is beyond anyone’s power to display such profusion in their own or of any other impostor’s signs. This is what constitutes the testimony of God as Allah the Glorious, says to the Holy Prophet (sa) in the Holy Quran:

Meaning that: And those who say, ‘You are not a Messenger of God’, say, ‘Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between me and you and so is he who possesses knowledge of the Book.’

Next, for the attention and just consideration of the readers, I produce below the remaining revelations of Ilahi Bakhsh pertaining to me which are recorded in his book ‘Asa-e-Musa. On page 79 of hئis book, he mentions this revelation of his about me

[‘He will be destroyed, consider the voice of people to be the voice of God]. In other words, my destruction will happen exactly as thousands of my enemies wish for my destruction. Again on page 8 of the above-mentioned book, he says

He declares this also to be about me and its meaning is, ‘O God, arbitrate between us and our people with truth…’ So, Allah be praised that the required verdict was delivered on 7 April 1907. After hurling thousands of abuses at me, pronouncing me a liar, mischief-monger, the Antichrist, and impostor, and promising that I would be the object of God’s wrath and of the plague, Miyan Ilahi Bakhsh himself left this transient world on the above-mentioned date in the span of a single day

[So take a lesson, O ye who have eyes]. Look how I who was condemned as the ‘Pharaoh’ triumphed in the end while the so-called ‘Musa’ was so overwhelmed by the plague that it did not relent without taking his life.

Then again, on page 80 of the same book, Babu Ilahi Bakhsh threatens with the plague in his revelation, which is as follows

Meaning that, the plague will come down from heaven and he along with his Jama‘at shall fall victim to it and God will send down death and destruction upon the unjust. These are Ilahi Bakhsh’s vaunted revelations with which he used to regale his small number of friends, but now his friends—particularly Munshi ‘Abdul-Haqq—can testify in fear of God as to who ultimately became the victim upon whom the plague descended.

Then there is one more revelation of his relating to the wrath of God descending upon me which is recorded on page 83 of his book, as follows

(Translation): We shall put the brand of fire on the nose or mouth of this impostor; meaning that, We shall kill him with the plague, or that We shall cast him into the fire of Hell. (O Ilahi Bakhsh,) this arrow that you shot was not shot by you but was shot by God.

Then, the following revelation is recorded on page 9, line thirteen6

followed by the statement:7 ‘I shall certainly not die unless and until I fully carry out the task assigned to me.’ A perusal of Babu Ilahi Bakhsh’s book, ‘Asa-e-Musa, will show that he died six years after the publication of that book! Now, all fair-minded people can assess for themselves whether the promise of long life and lasting survival was fulfilled when he died from the plague in just six years without ever witnessing any success—and that, too, within my lifetime and in great frustration. At this point in time, I simply ask for the opinion of his friends, most respectfully submitting: ‘Is it true that in accordance with his revelation he had claimed that he would not die unless and until the duties that he had been allotted were fully carried out? Have those duties that were assigned to him been accomplished? Furthermore, were his efforts and his slanders that he hurled upon me throughout his book ‘Asa-e-Musa able to harm so much as a single hair upon my body?’ And readers, please permit me to ask: ‘Is it not a fact that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh’s revelation about

branding someone on the nose recoiled upon him? Is it not a fact that the providence [of God] cast the fiery stigma of the plague on his face, which completely wiped him out, the result being that the arrow which he aimed at me in accordance with his revelation

ultimately recoiled upon his own person?’

Strange indeed were the arrows of Ilahi Bakhsh, For ultimately he himself became their prey.

His curse struck upon his very own self—Will someone help me understand this mystery?

Arrogance does not lead one to the Beloved, The one who adopts utter humility becoming even as lowly as dust is the one who gets to meet the Beloved.

He who seeks the love of the Pure One, Must first purify himself, for only then would he meet Him.

How foolish is he who is arrogant and misguided, Who allows his self to stray and wander aimlessly!

Who is always on the lookout for the faults of others, But remains oblivious to his own misdeeds

Then again, on page 152 of his book ‘Asa-e-Musa, Babu Ilahi Bakhsh announces the following revelation concerning me

This happened on the 7th of Ramadan 1317 Hijrah. (Translation): ‘This man shall die an apostate. His mutual curse or the mubahalah prayer will be rejected and recoil on him. Paradise is close for those who fear God.’ The import of this revelation is that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh is righteous, that I am a disbeliever, and that the mubahalah or the mutual invocation of the curse of God to fall upon the one who lies, shall, according to his revelation, fall upon me whereas he will be successful in every single thing.

Let it be clear that

[li‘an] in Arabic means

[mula‘anah]. [The Arabic lexicon] Lisanul-‘Arab states

in other words, the two expressions li‘an and mula‘anah refer to the act of two or more persons invoking the curse of God upon one another. Furthermore, in this same Lisanul-‘Arab the term

[la‘n] is described to mean

In other words,

[la‘nah], or ‘curse’, means to deprive someone of every virtue, wealth, blessing, and betterment. Then, another meaning of the word

[la‘nah] is given as

In other words,

[la‘nah] means that one is rejected by God and is deprived of His acceptance. It also means to become degraded in the eyes of the people and to lose respect and honour. In short, in the sight of God the term

[la‘nah], or ‘curse’, encompasses in its meaning every kind of frustration, deprivation, and rejection; and to be deprived of every type of blessing; and remaining rejected and frustrated is among its essential requirements. The final outcome of whosoever becomes the target of God’s curse is his death and destruction. This is why the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said, ‘Had the Christians of Najranَ entered into the mubahalah (which is done by pronouncing

[‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]) with me they would have suffered such death and destruction as would have killed even the birds in their trees.’

Now, every fair-minded person would understand the meaning of Babu Ilahi Bakhsh’s [vaunted] revelation in which mula‘anah or invocation of curse [by two mutually contending parties] is mentioned. The meaning of the ‘revelation’ is this that the mula‘anah which took place between myself and Babu Sahib, which is mentioned on page 2 and page 7 of the book, ‘Asa-e-Musa, and elsewhere, shall have its evil consequences upon me alone and that I will die and perish in his lifetime, whereas the fact of the matter is that the will of God Almighty manifested itself in the opposite manner. And that was not all. On the one hand, Babu Sahib died of the plague in my own lifetime, deprived of the fulfilment of every one of his wishes and desires. On the other hand, God blessed me with fruits and success in every way, so much so that I acknowledge my most profound gratitude that so far some 400,000 people have repented from their sins and disbelief at my hands. And God granted me such honour that I became well known with great renown and prestige throughout the world; namely, Europe, Asia, and America. Accordingly, Dr. Dowie, who commanded such honour and prestige as belongs to royalty in America and Europe, God caused him to die in response to my mubahalah [prayer duel] and my prayer, and caused an entire world to incline towards me. This phenomenal event was published by all the leading newspapers of the world and became famous and well known to one and all. And I see that from among those who have taken the bai‘at [pledge of allegiance] with me, thousands adopted the ways of righteousness and a notable transformation took place in their deeds. Furthermore, from a worldly point of view as well, I was the recipient of great bounties. So far, the servants of God have humbly and courteously offered,8 and continue to offer me, hundreds of thousands of rupees in cash and all manner of gifts. Indeed a veritable sea of diverse types of God’s grace is flowing, and, apart from this, God has manifested thousands of Signs in my support. Hardly a month passes without any Sign. Indeed, God Himself has drawn the sword to confront the enemies on my behalf. Whoever filed any case against me in any court was forced to face ignominy and defeat, and whoever entered into a mubahalah contest with me, died or suffered great humiliation. Hence, by way of specimen, such Signs of divine succour have been incorporated into the present book, Haqiqatul-Wahi. Now let those with a sense of justice tell me whether this revelation of Babu Ilahi Bakhsh proved true that the result of the mutual invocation of divine curse between myself and him would be that I would exclusively deserve death and destruction and that he would succeed in the fulfilment of all his designs? Was the result of the mubahalah in his favour or in my favour, and was the evil effect of the

[mula‘anah or ‘invocation of curse’] averted from him or from me?

O readers—for God’s sake!—reflect upon this so that God may reward you. But in any case God Almighty has not yet ceased to show the Signs of His help and succour. And I swear by Him that He will not cease until He has demonstrated my truthfulness to the whole world. Listen all of you who can hear me! Be fearful of God and do not transgress the limits set by Him. Were this a human scheme, God would have destroyed me and not a trace of all this, my work, would have been left. But you have seen for yourselves how the help and succour of God Almighty continues to be with me. So many Signs have been manifested for me as defy counting. Look at the number of my enemies who perished after entering into a mubahalah [prayer duel] against me. O creatures of God! Do pause and think—is this the way God deals with liars?

Some ignorant people say that Atham did not die within his prescribed period. Yet they know that he died and I am still alive. Furthermore, prophecies of wa‘id—in which a prophecy is made of divine punishment to befall someone—are not necessarily fulfilled within the prescribed time frame. As a matter of fact, they need not be fulfilled if the person who is warned repents or recants. Such prophecies can be, and have continued to be, warded off by resort to profound regret, repentance, almsgiving, and charity on the part of the person who has been warned. The Holy Quran and earlier Scriptures bear witness to this. Bear in mind that the prophecy of wa‘id means a prophecy portending divine punishment. When God wills to send down some calamity upon a person on account of his sins, the way of Allah is that most of the times He averts such calamities if the person involved has recourse to repentance, seeking forgiveness, charity, and almsgiving. And when someone becomes subject to such a trial and turns to God Almighty as a result, then mostly such a one is shown mercy. This is how the chastisement upon the people of Prophet Yunus [Jonah] was averted. The whole world knows that repentance, seeking forgiveness, charity, and almsgiving serve to avert calamities and a prophecy of wa‘id is nothing more than a calamity of which warning is given through someone commissioned by God. Thus, if it is true that a calamity can be averted through repentance, seeking forgiveness, charity, and almsgiving, then why cannot such prophecies be averted, the warning of which may have been communicated through someone commissioned by God? Furthermore, the ignorant enemies do not know that prophecies portending chastisement can be averted through mere penitence and entreating forgiveness of God and need not contain a condition. However, the prophecies concerning Atham, Ahmad Baig, and his son-in-law were conditional. In other words, it was written that they would be visited by a calamity if they persisted in their arrogance and did not retract. Thus, Atham proved through his silence, his refusal to take an oath, or to prosecute, or to make hostile remarks against Islam that he had given up his rebellious misconduct. Furthermore, he clearly demonstrated his retraction by hanging out his tongue and placing both his hands on his ears right in the middle of our debate in the presence of some sixty to seventy witnesses, and no one can deny this. The audience at that time not only consisted of Muslims but half of them happened to be Christians. Reliable testimonies also prove that he continued to cry for as many as fifteen months. Does all of this still not establish the fact of his retraction?

About Ahmad Baig’s son-in-law, it should suffice to say that this prophecy was two-pronged, of which one was about Ahmad Baig and the other about his son-in-law. Thus, Ahmad Baig’s death and the resultant shock demolished the arrogance and hubris of his relatives—and he died within the prescribed time frame. Those not related to them, or not well informed about them, cannot imagine the kind of devastation which overtook his other relatives, the lesson it taught them, and the gloom that overwhelmed them. The end result was that Mirza Mahmud Baig—with whose family the marital ties had actually been established, and who was, in fact, the head of the family—entered into the covenant of bai‘at with me. Now, if in the face of all these facts someone still persists in speaking nonsense, what remedy can I have for him? How can I convince such a dark-hearted person who is totally bereft of decency and shame? What treatment can I apply to cure this deep-rooted sickness of prejudice other than allowing God Himself to cure it?

Is divine punishment not warded off by supplication and repentance? Show me quickly whose teaching this is.

O dear ones! Why have you become so shameless? You believe in the Kalimah and therefore it is incumbent upon you to have at least some fear of God.

Right on top of page number 152, which records the revelation of Babu Sahib in which he writes with regard to me that this man shall die a disbeliever and the evil end of mula‘anah—mutual invocation of curse—shall be caused to recoil on him; the following line of his iswritten: ‘Tonight I received this revelation regarding the end of Mirza Sahib and the poor Muslims who follow him.’

And then, on page 172 appears this revelation: ‘It is indeed something nice and welcome that it should be decided whether truth is on the side of Mirza Sahib.’

Then, on page 173 of ‘Asa-e-Musa there is one of his revelations along with some introductory lines as follows: ‘This humble one is also taught this prayer by way of revelation

He translates this to mean that, ‘May God Almighty adjudicate between me and him’; i.e. this humble one. Now the verdict that has been delivered is no secret. It is rather strange that his entire book is full of such ‘revelations’ that during his lifetime I shall be completely eradicated, my entire Jama‘at will be scattered, the evil effect of the mubahalah shall be cast upon me, and that he will not die unless and until he witnesses my decline. And then his friends say that when he became ill with the plague, he received this revelation

i.e. now you are about to leave this world. Who is there whose heart does not cry out

—the departure—after contracting this deadly disease?

According to the Arabic lexicon, the term ta‘un itself means death. I will not interject anything; let the readers decide for themselves: First, Babu Ilahi Bakhsh insisted vis-à-vis these revelations that he would live a very long life. For instance, ‘long life’ and ‘survival for long’ form part of the body of his revelation, and then it was said that the believers would immensely benefit from his long life. Then again, is the revelation that he will not die unless and until he first sees my death by the plague and witnesses my total annihilation. Yet again is the revelation that he would attain very great heights within the world as well, that the whole world would turn to him, he would be the lord and owner of gardens and orchards, and that through him Islam would make greatprogress. These were the earlier revelations with which his entire book ‘Asa-e-Musa is full. But then, when he fell ill of the plague and, witnessing the daily death tolls of hundreds, the certainty of his own death by plague became so stark and real, it was then that Babu received the revelation

the death’ or ‘the departure’—a revelation which annulled all the erstwhile revelations contained in his book ‘Asa-e- Musa. Nevertheless, even if this is assumed to be a revelation, it would mean to imply divine displeasure, not grace, indicating extreme misfortune and also the falsehood of Ilahi Bakhsh’s [preceding] revelations. Furthermore, there is nothing surprising about a revelation of this kind because most people, regardless of being believers or disbelievers, are wont to experience such dreams or receive such revelations when they lose all hope of recovery. In this context, the revelation would mean that: ‘O Ilahi Bakhsh! You thought you were going to live long and sought the destruction of the contending party, and thinking that the inspirations of your baser self were revelations from God, you used to announce, “My opponent will die of the plague within my own lifetime”, but We command you to leave this world.’

In short, I need not argue about the authenticity of this revelation; he might very well have received it by way of displeasure and warning that he, Ilahi Bakhsh, had better leave this world on account of his failure to accept the truth.

I am surprised at the thinking of these people who, by ascribing

[‘the departure’] to Ilahi Bakhsh as his revelation, destroy the sum total of his revelations and do not realize that by doing so they reduce the authenticity of the entire body of his revelations on the basis of which he used to denounce me as a disbeliever and a dajjal and used to call himself Musa.

The truth of the matter is that all his revelations were confused dreams and promptings of the ego and they were satanic insinuations which is why they could not be fulfilled; rather, they brought about his humiliation and disgrace. But of course it is quite possible that

— the departure—had actually been revealed by God because this phrase is by way of a reproach and warning. Indeed, even if Pharaoh had made the claim to have received such a revelation there would have been no cause for us to reject such a claim because it is an established fact that everyone regardless of their being a muwahhid [believer in Oneness of God] or a polytheist, righteous or sinful, truthful or liar, can receive such a revelation in their dying moments. It is to this very issue that the following verse draws our attention:

Meaning that, there is no one out of the People of the Book who, before his death, fails to believe in the Holy Prophet (sa) or Hadrat ‘Isa [Jesus]. It is recorded in the books of exegesis that the People of the Book receive this revelation when they are going through the agonies of death or are at death’s door. Evidently, they happen to believe only when God reveals to them that a particular Prophet is true. But this revelation does not make them the Elect of God. However, this indeed is the divine practice that when death is imminent, most people tend to see a dream or receive a revelation. It is not exclusive to any particular religion nor is there the requirement that one be righteous and a doer of good.

I too am commanded through revelation to be the helmsman of the ark and after I was commanded byrevelatiet the ark ّ ready, it was revealed to me 10

This was followed by another revelation, namely 11

By the grace and benevolence of God Almighty I am sure about the fulfilment of this revelation.12 In addition, I have also received this revelation a number of times

The meaning of this revelation is that he alone is the helmsman who will carry passengers across and those who board his ark will be the ones who will be saved. Then pointing towards me, he says that those— meaning me—who are unjust will be drowned. He adds that it has also been revealed to him a number of times that God says: ‘I shall demonstrate my Signs to these enemies. Let them not be so hasty.’

Now the readers can ponder that his death by the plague has proven all his revelations false. Would you call such people ‘helmsmen’ who so readily drown themselves? Given that the promise was to drown those who were his enemies—namely, myself—then what kind of a helmsman is he and what kind of an ark! And what a revelation that backfires upon its own recipient!

Then on page 186 of his book, Babu Sahib writes: ‘The work of which Mirza Sahib is so proud and happy, its condition was spelledout in the revelation

meaning that, all their deeds are found false and wanting.’ And on page 201, he says about me: ‘Mirza Sahib, do not be so hasty! I am so certain and perfectly sure that in accordance with divine practice those who are proud and arrogant and claim to have no equal must, by the grace of God, suffer failure and discomfiture.’

Now it is for the readers to answer: This phrase of the Munshi was about me, but did God, in accordance with his statement, cause me to die in a state of failure and frustration, or was this the fate of Babu Ilahi Bakhsh? I do not want to say anything more, for he has already passed away.13

Then, on page 202 [of his book] Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh Sahib says: Balaam refused to curse in the first instance. Then his people bribed him and got him into trouble. That is how he brought about his ruin. There is an object lesson in this story for the person whose life resembles that of Balaam, who dispossesses people of their rights and makes false claims.

This indeed is the sum total of his thesis. What a pity that Babu himself never paused to think about the fate of someone who attacks others without ascertaining the full facts and brands one who is honest and innocent in the sight of Allah (and who, in reality, has neither usurped anyone’s right nor has he made any false claim) as an impostor and a dajjal without full evidence. He pays scant regard for this person in whose support Signs of God are raining down in such profusion. Is there or is there not any penalty for a person of this kind? But there is no need to prolong these discussions, because now, after his mubahalah and mula‘anah, Babu Sahib has already witnessed the result of these false accusations and foul speech.

Then, there is one more revelation of Babu Sahib which is recorded onpage 224 of his book and it is as follows

Meaning that, whatever claim this man makes, is false; he follows his own selfish desire; he has crossed the limit—that is to say, now the days of his destruction have arrived. Readers can themselves understand the response to this revelation.

Now it is for Babu’s supporters to declare whether God dealt with me in that manner or He dealt with Ilahi Bakhsh in that way, in conformity with His age-old practice of dealing with liars? According to the teachings of the Holy Quran, whoever falsely claims to be from God perishes having remained frustrated in the achievement of his designs. So, is it not true that this was exactly the fate of Babu Sahib?

Then, on page 319 of his book, Babu records the following revelation concerning me

Meaning that, [divine] wrath shall be heaped upon him; I shall reduce him like unto a rotten bone and make him like unto carded wool. Readers themselves can ponder over who was proven to be the actual target of this revelation!

Then on page 437 there is the following revelation with reference to me

that is, God will kill him and then put him into the grave.

And then, page 441 of the book ‘Asa-e-Musa includes Babu Sahib’s following revelation about me

[and adds:] ‘Its fulfilment shall take place at the appointed time, God willing.’ The meaning [of the Arabic] is: ‘God will separate the bad from the good and manifest it.’ In other words, He will demonstrate such a miracle of His might as will conclusively establish who is true and who is false. ‘And We shall make this person (meaning me) like unto scattered dust’; that is to say, We will destroy him. But O Ilahi Bakhsh, ‘Peace be unto you. God has promised grace for you and you shall be saved from destruction.’14 Now let those who can think, ponder over what his end actually was. Did that destruction which Babu’s revelation portend for me descend upon his own self or not?

Then on the same page, he writes that he received the revelation

Meaning: ‘O fire become cool and become a source of peace!’ I do not know which fire became cold for him. The only fire that overtook him was that of the plague which of course did not cool down, and consumed him in the span of a single day. In Lahore, hundreds contracted the plague and recovered in the end, but this so-called mulham [the recipient of revelation] failed to recover and his untimely death forced him to leave this transitory world along with thousands of unfulfilled wishes. Now he has, of course, left this world, and I am obligated to write this in the interest of his friends because after Babu’s death I had received the following revelation:

Meaning that, through Ilahi Bakhsh’s death, We decided to try his friends to see whether, even now, they have understood or not.

It is well known that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh had aggressively risen to oppose me and that he left no stone unturned to degrade and insult me. He had misled people by means of his book. Every day, he eagerly awaited my death and destruction and used to regale his friends by reciting hundreds of such revelations. And very specifically he had announced in his book that I would die by the plague, but what happened was that he himself died of the plague in total frustration. And God helped me in every way and it is clearly written in the Holy Quran that:

Meaning that, it is a categorical promise of God that those people who come from God triumph over those who oppose them.

So what mystery lies hidden behind the fact that Babu could not succeed in his opposition to me? A huge storm of plague which had broken out in this country was an even bigger storm than the one that had arisen in the time of Musa and Pharaoh—verily, it was immensely larger than that storm–and despite claiming to be Musa, Babu perished therein and he whom he called Pharaoh was bestowed safety by God through His grace and benevolence. I am certain that at the time [of his death], he must have pronounced these words comprising the Quranic verse:

Again, I have a question. Three classes of people are mentioned by God in Surah al-Fatihah, which is the Mother of the Book: (1) Those upon whom God has bestowed His blessings, (2) Those who incurred His displeasure, and (3) Those who have gone astray. Please ponder over this and kindly express your assessment of the class wherein God has included Babu Ilahi Bakhsh?

If in your opinion he belongs to the divinely blessed, the onus lies on you to show whether those who belonged to this blessed class ever contracted the plague. And then also establish what blessing was bestowed upon him, and that blessing should be something that the world recognizes as a proven matter; it should not be like the Christian concept of ‘Atonement’; that is to say, it should not be just one’s own opinion. If he is deemed to be from among those who incurred the wrath of God, that is more likely to be true, because the Holy Quran and the Torah both testify that the plague symbolizes the wrath of God. Believers of the highest class and the Elect of God like Prophets and Siddiqin [the Truthful] have never suffered from the plague. No one can prove that people belonging to this class ever contracted the plague, because it is a chastisement of God which comes down to punish the disbelievers and transgressors and those who go on committing sin. The Elect of God are never made to partake of it. Thus, he who considered himself to be such a beloved of God and in support of this claim quotes his own revelation in his book ‘Asa-e- Musa which is as follows

[‘Tell them if you want Allah to love you obey me then will Allah love you’], why would such a ‘beloved of God’ become the victim of the plague? God says about the Jews:

Of course, believers who are not sinless and are not part of the highest class and are not free from sins and frailties may suffer from the plague for the sake of being cleansed and purified, but he who comes from God like unto Musa can never suffer from the plague. A perfect believer falls under the verse:

And if you believe Munshi Ilahi Bakhsh to be among the dallin [those who have gone astray] then know that this title fits him most aptly because first he abandoned the truth deliberately and then he became so foul-mouthed, impertinent, and inflammatory that he left no room for ever listening to reason. If anyone happened to mention my name in his presence, his first reaction was to hurl abuse at me ten or twenty times followed by a deliberate rejection of truth. But God Almighty knows what is in each heart. The fact of the matter, therefore, is that the way God has dealt with him is an object lesson for the wise. Only my heart knows the extreme pain he had caused me:

God does not humiliate a people so long as the heart of a man of God does not cry in anguish.

With the fear of God Almighty in your heart, do tell me if this was indeed your wish and true desire that Ilahi Bakhsh should die of the plague in total frustration while his opponent—about whom he had so publicly announced before thousands that he would die of the plague—be safeguarded by God from the plague and be blessed with extraordinary success from Him and demonstrate hundreds of Signs in his support to the extent that Ilahi Bakhsh’s death, too, should become one such Sign. Did the revelation received by Ilahi Bakhsh, namely,

meaning that, God will distinguish the pious from the impious, really mean that Ilahi Bakhsh would die of the plague leaving many mourners behind? How harsh and bitter that day was for Munshi ‘Abdul-Haqq and his friends when Babu—who was their spiritual guide—died of the plague contrary to all his claims and left them in a most painful state indeed! What is more, he left behind a house infested with plague related substances. May God Almighty grant his companions wisdom even now so that they may recognize the truth!

Then, on page 294 [of his book], there is another revelation of his which is as follows

Meaning: ‘Truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Tell your opponent’—meaning this humble one—“You are not from God.” Leave them alone, engaged for a few days in their fun and pastime until that promised day comes, the day of death by the plague that has been promised.’ Holy is Allah! What kind of revelations are these and what kind of ‘truth’ was this which retreated before ‘falsehood’, proving the revelation to be false? And what kind of a promise of plague was this which mistakenly recoiled upon the recipient of the revelation himself! Let some fair-minded person answer me: If these revelations were not satanic then what were they? And if God has always saved all those whom He loves from the plague, then why was this hapless Ilahi Bakhsh—who claimed to have received the revelation

[‘The sum and substance of it is that after God, you are the greatest’], and also the revelation

[‘Say, “If you love Allah, then follow me, then will Allah love you”’]—deprived of the benefit of this permanent practice of Allah? Why then did this heavenly chastisement, which is the usual lot of sinners and transgressors, descend upon a man who claims to be the greatest after God, and claims to be such a beloved of God that by following him one becomes the beloved of God?

Has the time not yet come for fair-minded people to realize that for Babu Ilahi Bakhsh to leave this world with such a death of frustration—a death which was caused by the plague and was against the intent of all his revelations—is a decisive fact? And if prejudiced persons are yet unable to understand this, they should remember that no one can frustrate God; He will demonstrate yet another Sign. Pitiable is the condition of those who do not benefit from the hundreds of Signs of God which continue to shine like the bright day, but persist in quoting one or two such prophecies as have either been fulfilled as far as their main point is concerned or have been half fulfilled. These are prophecies of warning and do not admit of any objection in light of the way of Allah. Is it fair to ignore some 10,000 prophecies and go on insisting upon a particular Sign that is beyond their comprehension? This being the case, the faith of such people is as precarious today as it shall be tomorrow, for the manner in which God has treated me is not such as has no parallel in the case of any other Prophet. There is no objection that has been raised against me that cannot also be raised against another Prophet. Therefore, the condition of those who, at the time of raising an objection against me, fail to reflect that their objection can also be levelled against other Prophets is very dangerous indeed and the danger is that such persons may well die as atheists.19

It must be borne in mind with regard to the obduracy and audacity with which Babu Ilahi Bakhsh stood up in opposition to me and predicted that I would die of the plague and face every kind of frustration and failure, had the matter ended as he had predicted and had I died in the lifetime of Babu Ilahi Bakhsh, one wonders with what kind of curses Ilahi Bakhsh’s friends would have remembered me and to what heights of honour and glory they would have exalted him to. Now, however— without exception—not a single one of them speaks up and they hope for this Sign of God Almighty to disappear. They know only too well that Babu had become the target of the mubahalah and my supplications. He might well have been spared for a few days more if he had adopted some measure of gentleness, but his ‘revelations’ based on the promptings of the ego proved to be a fatal poison for him. He did not know that one acquires true converse with God only after undergoing annihilation. He alone is granted [spiritual] life who truly purifies himself of all selfish desires and aggrandizements and sheds all kinds of arrogance and impertinence; a kind of death overtakes him for the sake of God. For those who achieve this stage of self-effacement, converse with God is a prized reward. Everyone who claims to have attained this stage must see whether he has attained true self-effacement or whether he is still full of selfish motives.

There are thousands of subtleties, finer than the finest hair; Not everyone who shaves his head is a saint.

Then, on page 69 of his book ‘Asa-e-Musa, Babu Ilahi Bakhsh says, ‘Being a frail human, I felt afraid that because of Mirza Sahib’s displeasure I might suffer some loss. At this, I was reassured about my safety and security with this revelation:

Meaning that, God shall be your Protector and you shall remain in peace. You will not be visited by any chastisement of God.

This is the revelation that Babu claims to have received which reassured him that the curse of the opposing party—meaning, my humble self—would cause no harm to him and that he would remain safe. It seems it was this revelation that gave him the licence for using foul language and abuse that kept growing until it transgressed all bounds quite like a breach in the embankment of a river that devastates the surrounding habitations.

It is a great pity that hundreds of Signs were fulfilled in his lifetime but he failed to benefit from any of them. After witnessing each Sign or hearing its report from someone he invariably responded that Atham did not die within the prescribed time frame and that Ahmad Baig’s son-in-law was still alive whereas the revelation had said that the wedding of Ahmad Baig’s daughter had been solemnized in heaven. Also, for his guidance, it was repeatedly recorded in [different] books that, in any case, Deputy Atham had died and that it was irrelevant whether he had died within the time frame or after it, the important fact was that he did indeed die. Furthermore, the prophecy was conditional. In other words, his death was linked to the conditions that he would not recant, but Atham did recant during the middle of the very debate when he was told that the reason why I had to make the prophecy was that in his book Andruna-e-Bible he had used the name dajjal for the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Then, in the presence of some sixty or seventy persons, about half of whom were Christians, he, adopting an attitude of extreme fear and humility, with both his hands on his ears and his tongue hanging out, announced, ‘I have certainly not called the Holy Prophet the Dajjal.’ Later it was learnt by reliable means that he continued to cry for as many as fifteen months. God Almighty also informed me through His revelation that the prophecy had caused him a grave shock and he had become as if insane and his heart was impressed by the greatness of Islam and he completely ceased being insolent and abusive. Furthermore, and beyond all these things, he did not dare to declare on oath that he still held fast to the Christian faith even though he had been offered a cash reward of 4,000 rupees. Oath taking is not only permissible in the Christian faith, but it is also obligatory under certain conditions, and to conceal such a thing is clearly mischievous and a sign of faithlessness. Hadrat ‘Isa himself took an oath as did Paul and Peter. All these facts constitute evidence of his recantation and should suffice for a fair-minded person. Furthermore, had there been no evidence in support of his recantation, for me it was sufficient that God Himself had informed me of his recantation. Nevertheless, he died six months after my last public announcement relating to this matter. Thus, as this prophecy was conditional and signs of the fulfilment of the conditions precedent had become visible, it is not correct for any God-fearing person to continue raising objections by shedding all regard for decency and shame. The fact of the matter is that it is a universally accepted doctrine that prophecies presaging chastisement are conditional even if no condition is specifically mentioned therein. They can be averted because they consist of a warning of punishment for a guilty one. God, who is the True Master, can avert any punishment He Himself prescribes if someone repents and seeks forgiveness. For instance, He forgave the people of Prophet Yunus [ Jonah]. All Prophets agree on this. As Allah the Exalted, Himself says:

Meaning that, if this Prophet is a liar, then on him will descend the chastisement of his having lied but if he is truthful, then some of that which he threatens you with will surely befall you.

Note that here God uses the term ‘some’, not ‘all’. This means that some of the Prophecies comprising warning which this Prophet has made will certainly be fulfilled while others will be held in abeyance. Hence this Quranic verse proves that the fulfilment of a Prophecy that gives a warning is not binding. Of course, it is understood from this verse that an impostor can never escape chastisement for which the categorical verdict of the Holy Quran is:

Hence, if there is a prophecy forecasting the chastisement of an impostor it cannot be averted.

Alas! What a pity! What shamelessness it is that, on the one hand, these people admit that a calamity can be warded off by charity, almsgiving, and prayer etc., while on the other, they insist that a calamity of which a Messenger is told that it will befall such and such a people or person, that calamity cannot be warded off at all by charity, almsgiving or repentance, and seeking forgiveness. It is strange how their intelligence becomes so veiled that it permits them to combine such contradictions in their statements. They say that a calamity can be warded off through penitence and seeking forgiveness but they simultaneously claim that it cannot be warded off. And then, even though God had informed me through His revelation that Atham had certainly recanted and the signs of this had already appeared in the shape of his words, these people still do not desist from mischief. Is this their righteousness? At the very least, why did they not hold their tongues!23

So may I ask: ‘Had this episode been attributed to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and had he declared on the basis of revelation that a particular person was deemed to be worthy of receiving chastisement but had secretly stopped committing his impertinence, would these people have accepted these remarks of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, or would they have rejected his statement? And in case of rejecting his statement, would they, in the sight of Allah, have become deserving of punishment or not?’ Thus, given that God Almighty had already affixed this precondition for Atham and had informed me through His revelation that Atham had ceased to persist in his mischief and insolence, the demand of piety was to completely abandon this discussion, employ goodly and positive thinking, and reflect in their hearts that this may well be the right thing. Furthermore, not only was I informed by revelation from God, but Atham, on his part, had also shown the corroborative signs that I have just written. Therefore, every righteous person was under obligation not to venture into this and to fear God.

As for the case of Ahmad Baig’s son-in-law, it has already been pointed out a number of times that the prophecy consisted of two branches. The first branch had to do with the death of Ahmad Baig and the second branch had to do with the death of his son-in-law. Moreover, the prophecy was conditional. As a result, Ahmad Baig died within the prescribed time frame on account of his failure to fulfil the condition, but his son-in-law and his other relatives fulfilled the [prescribed] condition and received the consequent benefits. It was but natural that the death of Ahmad Baig would have aroused fear in the hearts of his relatives, for they, too, were part of the prophecy. When one of the two parties died, it was necessary due to human nature that the person who was the second target of this prophecy, as well as his relatives, should become fearful of their own death. This was just as if two people share the same food and one of them dies of it, the other would begin to apprehend his own death, too. Thus, Ahmad Baig’s death caused his son-in-law and the other relatives to have such fear that they became as though they too had already died. The end result was that the elders of the family, who were the original cause of this episode, entered into my bai‘at.

The fact that the revelation also stipulated that this woman’s matrimonial rites had been announced with me in heaven is indeed correct. But as we have already stated, for this marriage that had been announced in the heavens to take place, there was a condition that had been imposed by God and which had been announced simultaneously and it is as follows 24

Thus, when these people fulfilled the condition, the marriage was annulled or delayed. Do you not know that 25

? Whether the marriage was solemnized in heaven or the ‘Arsh—the Divine Throne—the entire process was conditional. This should be pondered over after shedding satanic doubts. Was the prophecy of Yunus [Jonah] any different from this conditional marriage, in which it had been announced that it had been decreed in heaven that these people would be visited by chastisement before the lapse of forty days? But this chastisement never came despite the fact that the prophecy had mentioned no condition. Thus, for God who had annulled such a definitive decree of His own, would it be difficult to annul or delay this marriage?

In short, these shameless people do not think when they make such objections that all Prophets would be exposed to such criticisms! Even the number of the obligatory Prayers was first fixed to be fifty but was then reduced to five. Study the Torah and see that hundreds of the chastisements stipulated by God were cancelled at the intercession of Hadrat Musa. Also, the punishment that had been written down in the heavens for the people of Yunus was cancelled as a result of their repentance and an entire populace was saved from that chastisement. Instead, Hadrat Yunus himself fell into a great trial for he was overcome with the impression that the prophecy was unconditional and that God’s will to punish was irrevocable. What a pity that these people learn no lesson from Yunus’s episode! Hadrat Yunus, despite being a Prophet, suffered so deeply simply because he wondered how the definitive will of God had been held back and how God saved the lives of 100,000 people because of their repentance, paying no attention to what Yunus thought about it.

How ignorant are those people who believe that God cannot change His will or, in other words, avert [the fulfilment of] a prophecy portending chastisement. For my part, I believe that He can avert such punishments and has always been warding off chastisement, and— indeed—will always continue to do so. I do not believe in such a God who is unable to ward off a promised calamity in response to penitence and seeking forgiveness and who cannot change His will in response to humble seekers of forgiveness. Indeed, He will continue doing so forever and always. It is on record in the earlier heavenly Scriptures that there was a king who had been left with only fifteen days of his life. God changed the fifteen remaining days of life into fifteen years in response to his cries and humble supplications. This indeed has been my own personal experience that [even] a frightening prophecy can be staved off by prayer. Thus, if the imaginary ‘God’ of these people does not have this power, I do not believe in him. I believe in that God whose attribute has been written down in the Holy Quran as being:

All Prophets agree that prophecies of warning can be averted, and insofar as the prophecies containing the promises of God, the Holy Quran says:

It is part of our faith to believe that God does not go back on His promise which is consistent with His knowledge. However, if a person takes a certain thing to be a promise of God out of his own error, as was done by Hadrat Nuh [Noah], breach of such a ‘promise’ would be allowed, for in reality it was never promised by God in the first place; rather, it had been declared to be a promise of God through human error. It is about this that Sayyed ‘Abdul-Qadir Jilani says

meaning that, sometimes God makes a promise but does not fulfil it. This statement only means that there are a number of subtle conditions attached to a promise28 and God is not under any obligation to reveal all those conditions. On such an occasion a novice is likely to stumble and disbelieve, but the perfect person admits his lack of knowledge. This is why during the Battle of Badr, despite the fact that there was the promise of victory, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, kept supplicating most tearfully and prayed to God thusly:

The Holy Prophet (sa) did so because he was afraid that there might possibly be certain hidden conditions precedent attached to [the fulfilment of] the divine promise that might remain unfulfilled.

[The one who excels in cognition, exceeds all in the fear of God].

Another objection raised by Babu was that I had prophesied the birth of a boy but a girl was born instead. However, he knows that the girl was as good as non-existent for she died [soon] thereafter. After this, a boy died as well, but after this, God gave me four sons—one after the other—who are still alive through His grace and mercy. Hence, in terms of knowledge of God, the prophecy cannot apply to the child who died for he is as good as non-existent in the knowledge of God. This prophecy was about a male child who was destined to live. There is no revelation of God that says that the boy who will live long would be born from the first pregnancy. And if this is a criticism of some interpretative statement, then to raise objections against it is the pastime of those who consider a Prophet’s own personal judgement to be infallible. It is indeed surprising how these people manufacture an objection based on their own concoction. The fact of the matter is that once a person considers lying permissible, his shame and fear of God also suffer decline. The readers should remember that I had never published any such prophecy, the revealed words of which specify that the boy would be born from the present pregnancy. As for ijtihad [interpretive judgement], I personally believe that no Prophet came to the world who never committed any error in interpretive judgement. So when even the Best of the Prophets (sa) could not avoid an error of judgement—for instance, the journey to Hudaibiyyah was an error of judgement, as was the intended migration to Yamamah—why raise objections regarding others! A Prophet can, therefore, err in his judgement; but the revelation of God contains no such error. Of course a Prophet can sometimes misunderstand what is outside the purview of the imperatives of the shariah. For instance, the Prophet Malachi could not understand that the descent of Ilyas [Elijah] from heaven could only be metaphorical in sense and not literal, nor could any Israelite Prophet realize that the Last of the Prophets (sa) would be from the House of Isma‘il [Ishmael]. It was also an error of judgement on the part of Hadrat ‘Isa [Jesus] to consider himself a king; even clothes were sold to purchase weapons. Judas Iscariot was promised a heavenly throne. Moreover, a strong promise was made to return from heaven in that very age. In the end, all these prophecies turned out to be false. Errors of judgement, therefore, are shared by all Prophets, without any exception. So, why allow such an issue to be the basis of objection? Surely, it would be unworthy of a righteous person.

God Almighty has allowed Prophets to be subject to errors of judgement lest they come to be regarded as deities, but it does not at all detract from their perfect authenticity because their truth is established through means of the abundance of miracles. The true Prophets of God can never resemble Musailimah the Liar, or other impostors due to the mere error of judgement on their part about a prophecy, because within them lies such a profusion of the light of truth, blessings, miracles, and the succour of God, that the sharp edge of their truth smashes the opponent into pieces and the thousands of Signs shown by them are like the rushing waters of a mighty river.

If someone were to object, ‘Where are the miracles you speak of ?’, I would not merely reply that of course I can show them, but I would also—by the grace of God—declare that God has shown so many miracles in order to prove the truth of my claim that few are the Prophets who have shown so many miracles. The truth is that He has caused a river of miracles to flow and—with the sole exception of our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—it is impossible to find categorical evidence of so many miracles being shown by any of the past Prophets, may peace be upon them. For His part, God has incontrovertibly established the point. It is now up to the people to accept it or not.

These are those objections raised by my opponents which Babu Ilahi Bakhsh has repeatedly mentioned in his book, ‘Asa-e-Musa, believing it to be an act worthy of great reward by the Almighty, the reality of which must have been manifested upon him after his death.

However, for the benefit of the general public, I hereby set down that the objections raised by my opponents are only of three kinds:

1. First, the sheer fabrications and lies that they have levelled against me without any fear of the wrath of God Almighty. They have flaunted these allegations with the greatest degree of mischief and audacity, saying that a certain prophecy which was about such and such a person had not been fulfilled; whereas the prophecy which they say concerned that person had nothing to do with that person at all. For instance, they attribute the prophecy 30

to Maulawi Muhammad Husain on their own. So in answer to that what can I say other than

[‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]

2. Secondly, the objection relates to a prophecy that actually does pertain to a person but it was a prophecy that contained warning of a chastisement and has either been fulfilled in accordance with its condition or shall be fulfilled at some time in the future.

3. Third type of objections relates to matters which consisted of interpretive judgement, but the critics first accorded them the status of the Word of God and then later claimed that the prophecy was not fulfilled. This being the case, it is evident that no Prophet can remain safe from their verbal attacks.

I have repeatedly announced that even if all my opponents from the east and the west jointly try, they cannot raise any objection against me which was not earlier raised against one or the other of the past Prophets. They always face humiliation because of their connivances and yet they do not discard them. On the other hand, God Almighty is showing so many Signs in my favour that if they had been shown in the days of Nuh, those people would not have drowned. But to whom can I compare such people? They are like the inherently stubborn person who, even upon seeing a bright sunny day, insists that it is night, not day.

But they paid no heed to this Sign. Then God warned them of an extraordinary earthquake, destined to hit this country on 4 April 1905. It did, of course, occur, resulting in hundreds of deaths, but these people similarly did not care in the least for this Sign. Then God warned that yet another earthquake would occur in the spring. It also came but these people ignored it as well. Then God warned of a ball of fire which duly appeared on 31 March 1907 and its peculiar shape was witnessed for nearly 1,000 miles; still, these people learnt no lesson from it. Then God forewarned that it would rain heavily in the season of spring and there would be heavy snow and hailstorms accompanied by intense cold, but no one even cared to raise an eye towards this mighty Sign. Then God forewarned of another earthquake to take place during this same March of 1907, and this did hit with great force in parts of Peshawar and Dera Isma‘il Khan—but they also treated this as null and void. Similarly, God warned of major earthquakes in other parts of the world. All these prophecies were fulfilled but these people did not learn any lesson of righteousness from them. Now their battle is with God Almighty. If indeed these Signs are from God Almighty and are in support of an appointee of His, He will not relent until He causes their necks to bow in humble submission and acceptance before him. However, if they are not from God Almighty then these people will triumph.

Then on page 78 [of his book] Babu Ilahi Bakhsh quotes the following revelation of his

and interprets it on his own in the same place, as follows:

It seems the Signs which the God of Honour and Glory has ordained for me, shall never be equalled by the Jama‘at of Mirza Sahib.

Now, every fair-minded person can understand that hundreds of Signs have already appeared on this side, but where are Babu Sahib’s supposed ‘Signs’? Perhaps in his sight his death by the plague is indeed a Sign? Then on page 83 of ‘Asa-e-Musa, he writes:

When Mirza Sahib insisted that I must display Signs, I received the following revelation

meaning that, these people desire to extinguish the light of God with the breath of their mouths, but God will not leave it alone until He helps fulfil it. He who desires ill for others, shall suffer harm himself.

Now can anyone tell me about the ‘light’ which was taken to perfection by Miyan Ilahi Bakhsh? However, the revelation of Babu Sahib that ‘He who desires ill for others shall suffer harm himself ’ has been clearly fulfilled because he desired my death by plague and it was on this account that he had published the revelation. So, in the end, he himself died of the plague. Babu’s friends should pause and think here: Are these indeed the revelations that he was supposed to remain alive to see the fulfilment of ?

Just consider if opposition to the Imam is so dangerous even to the one whom the Merciful and Benevolent is kind enough to bless with such revelations, then why should he be the recipient of such revelations at all? But if the All Powerful, Lord of all lords, the Helper of the helpless, and Guide to those who have lost the way, is bent upon damaging and destroying this poor, innocent, and helpless recipient, then

[‘Surely, to Allah we belong and to Him shall we return’].

My response: It is clear that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh perished on account of his frivolous ‘revelations’, but it is wrong to say that it was the will of God Almighty to annihilate him through his own revelations. God Almighty does not desire to annihilate anybody. It is the people who destroy themselves by their own insolence and rebellion. Can rational thinking accept that a divine appointee should appear at the turn of the century, invite people to the right path, and God should speak and communicate with him, showing thousands of Signs in his support; while one person refuses to accept him and claims that ‘I myself am the recipient of revelation’ but is unable to produce any clear evidence to the effect that his revelations are indeed from God, and yet, fails to desist from denying and using abusive language? Thus, if such a person perishes, he perishes on account of his own insolence, because he turned away without any proof from that which was clearly proven! Since no evidence was available to the Babu—neither the act of God nor any other strong supporting proof that this claimed ‘revelation’ was from God—yet to audaciously confront a claimant whose authenticity as a recipient of divine revelation was testified to by works of God comprising not merely one or two, but thousands of highly credible testimonies—was such behaviour based on integrity and righteousness? Babu died of the plague because of his cunning and insolence, whereas the Elect of God never die of the plague. And given that there are satanic inspirations and promptings of the ego, how can any words be said to have emanated from God unless and until they are accompanied by a strong testimony of the Works of God? There is the Word of God on the one hand and then on the other there is the Work of God. Unless the Word of God is attested to by the Work of God, such a revelation would be described as satanic. Furthermore, ‘attestation’ means such heavenly Signs that are far beyond the normal human experiences; otherwise, you cannot give the name ‘Sign’ to an occasional true dream or revelation because this is an inherent capacity granted by God as a kind of seed to all creatures. A Sign, on the other hand, comprises the profuse number of Signs which pour like rain and acquire the stature of uniqueness so as to testify with final and absolute certainty that it is indeed the Word of God and not of man. There is no greater foolishness than to claim that a person is from God on account of his experiencing a few ordinary dreams and revelations which are experienced by people all over the world. You cannot blame God for letting a person experience revelation; rather, the blame lies upon the fool who mistakenly took the promptings of the ego to be revelation. Look at the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him! When the angel Gabriel appeared, he did not immediately believe that this was from God. Rather, he was somewhat fearful when he approached Hadrat Khadijah and said

meaning that, I have become greatly fearful for myself lest it be a satanic connivance. But those who are desirous of becoming the Elect of God without the prior cleansing of the self, quickly fall into Satan’s trap. Therefore, one ought to reflect that if Babu’s alleged revelations were not satanic, why did the mighty acts of God not testify to their truth? What a pity that he himself died, but placed the stamp of humiliation and shame on the faces of his companions. Similarly, thousands have perished prior to Babu on account of such ‘revelations’. How sad—worldly people take the care to test gold lest it be discovered counterfeit, but they do not care to evaluate their own revelations whether they be from God or Satan. Then why is God to blame? Anyone who takes pride in mere words without the [supporting] testimony of the Work of God, is bound to suffer this ignominy sooner or later. He will suffer not only death in the lifetime of the opposite party after engaging in a mubahalah, but also the ignominy of the plague. A true hadith states

meaning that, the plague is Satan’s whip. Thus, the plague also proves that the Babu was under the influence of the descent of satans.

Then Babu Ilahi Bakhsh, on page 4 of his book, had published our mutual correspondence, a perusal of which would inform the readers that I had asked Babu to publish the aspersions he had cast upon me, of which he has come to know through revelation—that this person is a liar and a spendthrift, that his claim to be the recipient of revelation is a lie, that he has exceeded the limit. This will finally settle the issue. For God says in the Holy Quran:

Meaning that, who is more unjust than he who imputes lies to God or denies the Word of God?

In answer to this, Babu on page 4 of his book promised to publish such revelations. Again on page 7 of the same book my last answer is published and it runs as follows: ‘I shall seek the solution only from God, so that He arbitrates between those who call me a spendthrift and a liar and those who testify that I am the Messiah.’

Then on page 9 of the book, Babu writes that he shall publish all the revelations, including notes and commentary, for the benefit of the general public. Thus, from page 19 to the end of the book, he has published all his revelations, holding back some as pertain to my punishment. In any case, in some of those that have been published in the book, he calls me a liar; in some he designates me an impostor, while in some others a dajjal, an accursed one, a swindler, an unjust one, and a disbeliever. In the same vein, his ‘revelations’ confer a number of names upon me but God has settled the matter on the basis of his use of a single word—liar—which means that I have excessively lied in the name of God and ascribed my lies to Him. The people who will read pages 4 and 7 of the book ‘Asa-e-Musa will realize that I had sought Allah’s verdict on this accusation levelled against me by Babu. Allah’s curse is upon the one who lies. In addition, God Himself promises in the Holy Quran that anyone who lies in His name shall never escape punishment, nor shall one who denigrates the Word of God ever be saved from punishment. From all of this, it is clear that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh’s death by the plague on 6 April 1907 was in fact the verdict of God which was finally delivered by His court. One may accept it or not, but in accordance with the hadith

[‘I declare war on anyone who is the enemy of My friend’], Babu has seen for himself the end of the battle. Now his friends claim he has attained martyrdom. Nevertheless, it is my prayer that all mischief-mongers and enemies of truth be ‘martyred’ in the same way. Amin, again amin.

1 Based on a statement by my learned and respected friend Maulawi Nur-ud-Din, I have learned of a dream about Babu Ilahi Bakhsh seen by a Maulawi ‘Abdul-Wahid of the community of Ghazni [now Amritsar]. Instead of citing it in my own words, I reproduce below the actual letter written by the honourable Maulawi [Nur-ud-Din], which is as follows:

Letter of Maulawi Nur-ud-Din

Our Master and Imam, Allah’s blessings, bounties, and peace be upon you!

‘Abdul-Wahid Ghaznavi had written a letter to me saying that the members of their community have seen [in the dreams] that Ilahi Bakhsh is standing on a lofty minaret and people are there down below. Therefore, he will prosper now. There were several other words which I do not recall because I read letters cursorily and after reading I do not preserve them. Upon the death of Ilahi Bakhsh I have written to ‘Abdul-Wahid a letter on the same subject but have not received a reply to date. This, in sum, is what I recall with certainty concerning the matter.

Testimony given in the name of Allah the Incomparably Great. Nur-ud-Din

2 Surah al-Baqarah, 2:60 [Publisher]

3 Surah al-Anbiya’, 21:102 [Publisher]

4 The date is wrongly reported in the newspaper. In fact, this incident happened on the 7th [of April] at 6 pm. (Author)

5 Surah ar-Ra‘d, 13:44 [Publisher]

6 Translation: ‘God Almighty will lengthen your life and by allowing you to live long in this world, He will thereby greatly benefit the Muslims.’

But after this Babu Ilahi Bakhsh survived for only six years! Revelation forecasting a long life indeed! (Author)

7 If someone should entertain the doubt as to how it can be known that all these revelations—which Babu Ilahi Bakhsh had written in ‘Asa-e-Musa—pertain to me, let it be clear that Babu Ilahi Bakhsh has compiled this book specifically to mount an offensive attack against me; there was no reason for compiling this book other than to malign and insult me. Indeed Babu Sahib was wont to secretly circulate revelations of this kind about me among his friends, the essence of which was that I was a liar, a disbeliever, and a Pharaoh, while he himself was Musa; and that I would very soon be targeted by the chastisement of God through him in accordance with his revelations. Here it is also worth remembering—as the entries on page 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the book ‘Asa-e-Musa show—that I did indeed have correspondence with Babu Ilahi Bakhsh about his hostile revelations. In the letter which is recorded on page 2 of his book ‘Asa-e-Musa, I had requested Babu Sahib: ‘The way you announce your revelations rejecting me and merely verbally to regale your friends through their recitation, publish them all under oath so that if these, your revelations, are fabricated and false, then God Almighty may mete out the punishment for the lie.’ His reply to this letter is that which is recorded on page 4 of his book. Its essence is that there was no need of any oath taking and if he had attributed to God anything false, He would punish him even without any oath. However, he promised to publish his revelations. In reply to this letter a statement is recorded on my behalf on page 7 [of his book]: ‘I seek the solution of this problem only from God so that God Himself may judge between those who reject me and those who believe that I am the Promised Messiah.’ (Author)

8 For instance, comsider this Prophecy made twenty-six years ago [‘Help will come to you by every distant track. People will come to you so that the track will become deep due to excessive travel. So many people will come to you that the track on which they travel will become deep. Allah will help you from Himself. Such people will help you whom We shall inspire from Ourself. Be not arrogant towards Allah’s creatures and be not tired of receiving visitors.’] Wonderful indeed is grace of God that on the one hand, an old prophecy was fulfilled and on the other hand hundreds of thousands of rupees were received as income and several hundreds of thousands of people became my disciples. (Author)

9 Surah an-Nisa’, 4:160 [Publisher]

10 In the name of Allah be its course and its mooring. My Lord is assuredly Most Forgiving, Merciful. [Publisher]

11 Surely, those who are wrongdoers will be drowned. [Publisher]

12 On the one hand Babu Ilahi Bakhsh writes: ‘I do not consider my revelations to be certain for they may well be satanic.’ Yet he is so definitely hopeful about the fulfilment of such revelations. It is indeed surprising how with this meagre wherewithal, he opted for such ferocity. Surprisingly enough he himself became the victim of the revelation which was received about the drowning of others. As for Babu Sahib’s revelation: ‘Do not be hasty, I shall soon demonstrate my Signs’, it was fulfilled, as we know, with his death. True, his death is not a Sign in his favour but of course it is surely a Sign in my favour. (Author)

13 Some ignorant persons, pointing to me, ask, ‘If Ilahi Bakhsh died the death of frustration, have all my desires and plans been fulfilled?’ However, they fail to ponder and reflect that I am still alive and my aims and objectives are being realized day by day whereas Babu Sahib has died and his so-called ‘staff of Musa [Moses]’ recoiled upon him and itself lies broken. (Author)

14 What kind of saved being is this that he dies and, indeed, died of the plague! O friends of Babu! Tell me truthfully, was this really your wish that Babu should die in the lifetime of mine, for whose death and destruction he was so eagerly waiting? What harm did the hundreds of his revelations portending my destruction do to me? What is this strange event that he was struck by the lightning of his own revelations? Is there anyone who can reply to this? (Author)

15 Allah has decreed: ‘Most surely I will prevail, I and My Messengers’ (Surah al-Mujadalah, 58:22). [Publisher]

16 I believe that there is no God but He in Whom the children of Israel believe (Surah Yunus, 10:91). [Publisher]

17 Why then does He punish you for your sins? (Surah al-Ma’idah, 5:19) [Publisher]

18 These will be removed far from it (Surah al-Anbiya’, 21:102). [Publisher]

19 Some mischievous liars assert that if Signs are shown by the Mirza, so were signs shown by Musailimah, the Liar. In reply to them it suffices to say [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars!’] (Author)

20 It is a pity that none of his friends ponders that when ‘God Almighty’ had promised to protect him and that my becoming displeased with him would not cause him the least damage, then why did it so happen that he was caught by the plague? Where did that ‘promised protection’ go? (Author)

21 Surah al-Mu’min, 40:29 [Publisher]

22 And if he be a liar, on him will be the sin of his lie (Surah al-Mu’min, 40:29). [Publisher]

23 Those who do not fear God raise such objections arguing along the lines of which even the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would come under their criticism. For instance, some foolish people say that certain members of the Ahmadiyya Jama‘at also died of the plague. Among such objectors is Dr. ‘Abdul-Hakim Khan. He writes rather gleefully that such and such Ahmadis who belonged to Sanaur died of the plague. In reply to such bigots I say that the case of some persons from our Jama‘at dying of the plague is like the case of some Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) of the Holy Prophet (sa) being martyred in the wars of Islam. It is established on the basis of Quranic texts that the wars of early Islam were by way of chastisement descending upon the disbelievers alone as Allah the Exalted says in the Holy Quran, ‘If I so wish, I would rain punishment on them from on high or raise punishment for them from the earth or let them taste wars with one another.’ But nevertheless, the fact remains that the Companions of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, continued to be martyred during those battles. But the end result of it was that the number of the disbelievers continued to fall and that of the Muslims continued to rise and, for the Muslims, those wars proved to be a great blessing and they uprooted the disbelievers. In the same vein, I claim with full confidence and emphasis that if one person of our Jama‘at dies of the plague, 100 or even more enter into our Jama‘at in his place. This plague continues to increase the number of our Jama‘at and continues to decimate our opponents.

Each month, at least 500 and, at times, 1,000–2,000 new persons enter the fold of the Jama‘at on account of the plague. Thus, the plague is a boon for us, but a bane and a chastisement for our opponents. I am sure that if the plague continues to remain rampant as it is now for another ten to fifteen years, the entire country will be filled with the Ahmadiyya Jama‘at. It is an established fact that the plague continues to increase the numbers of our Jama‘at and decrease those of our opponents. And if someone can prove otherwise, I solemnly declare under oath to God that I shall pay 1,000 rupees in cash to such a person. Is there anyone to challenge this offer and collect the reward from me? What a pity that these opponents have become so blind. They fail to realize that the plague is our friend, but it is their enemy. The amount of progress we have made in the last three to four years with the help of the plague would not have been possible even in fifty years otherwise. Hence, blessed be the God who sent the plague into the world so that with its help we should grow and prosper and our opponents should be made to vanish and disappear. This is why God informed me through revelation long before the actual incidence of the plague that the plague would break out in the world and that our opponents would continue to be decimated by it, and that our numbers would be bolstered up with its help. Hence, who could be more blind than the one who cites the death of a few Ahmadis by plague, yet remains oblivious to the many hundreds of thousands whom the plague has caused to enter into the fold of our Jama‘at—and continues to cause daily entry into our Jama‘at? Hence, blessed is this plague that is causing our numbers to increase while causing the numbers of our enemies to decrease. Indeed no one belonging to our Jama‘at has really been lost on account of the plague; for, each lost one has been replaced by 100 or even more. (Author)

24 O Woman! Repent, repent, for mischief is pursuing you! [Publisher]

25 Allah effaces what He wills and establishes what He wills. [Publisher]

26 Do you not know that Allah has the power to do all that He wills? (Surah al-Baqarah, 2:107) [Publisher]

27 Surely, Allah breaks not His promise (Surah Al-e-‘Imran, 3:10). [Publisher]

28 This is an age-old practice of Allah vis-à-vis prophecies that they contain some parts that are interpretable or metaphorical and others that are very clear, and sometimes some prophecies are purely of an interpretable or metaphorical nature and an ignorant person rejects it only keeping in view the interpretable or metaphorical part. So if a prophecy that is metaphorical innature, is not fulfilled in accordance with the recipient’s interpretation, it should not be said to have been proven false. We should rather say that there was an error judgment on the part of the recipient of the revelation. The hadith [This reference is to a dream of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) in which he saw migration to a verdant city and it occurred to him that it was Yamamah or Hajar, but it turned out to be Madinah. - Publisher] [‘It occurred to me…’] testifies to this. However, this is also true that the prophecies granted to the Elect of God use very little figurative language and use far more plain and clear speech, but still metaphors too are always there so that God may distinguish the righteous from the unrighteous. Indeed, the Elect of God are recognized by a profusion of clear Signs. It is not that their prophecies are totally free from metaphors. (Author)

29 God, my Lord! If You let this party perish, no one will worship You on earth. (Author)

30 He is a dog and he will die according to the value of the letters in the word kalb [dog], which amounts to fifty-two. [Publisher]

31 Surah al-An‘am, 6:22 [Publisher]

First Part—a Statement to the Effect That All Revelations Which Ilahi Bakhsh Published in Opposition to Me (About Himself or Myself )—Every Single One of Them Turned out to Be False