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206 Essence of Islam-V good as won the case! When this fact was brought to the notice of the judge, he at once ordered the index to be produced and, upon consulting it, immediately arrived at the truth and passed a decree against Imam- ud-Din with costs. Had that document not been pro- duced before the competent authority, what choice would he have but to dismiss the suit, and to leave us to suffer at the hands of our malicious enemies? These are the ways of Allah! He does whatever He wills. [Haqiqat-ul-Waļī, Rūņānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 278-284] In my book Anjām-e-Atham, I invited many opposing Maulavīs to a mubāhala [prayer-duel] by name, and wrote on page 66 of the book that should anyone of them enter into mubāhala with me, I would pray that some of them may become blind, while others may be stricken with paralysis, or go mad, or die of snakebite, or meet an untimely death, or be dishonoured, or suf- fer financial loss. Although all the opposing Maulavīs were not courageous enough to accept the challenge of mubāhala, they continued to abuse me behind my back, and persisted in their denial. Rashid Ahmad of Gangoha, for instance, not only invoked لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ on me, but also denounced me as 'Satan' in one of his announcements. Consequently, only twenty out of the fifty-two opposing Maulavīs have survived so far, and they too are victims of one tribulation or another. The rest have all perished. Maulavi Rashid Ahmad became 72 The curse of Allah be on the liars. [Publisher]