Evidence in the Form of Countless Signs — Essence of Islam Vol. 3
Introduction
In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 3), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Evidence in the Form of Countless Signs, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 3)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 13: Repeated Challenges
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Repeated Challenges 393 one fifth of the total number set out by us.
[Brahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 1, pp. 24-31]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 393]
Up to this day… Friday 22nd September 1893… more than three thousand signs have been manifested through me, which have been witnessed by hundreds of people. Thousands of Hindus, Christians and followers of other religions have witnessed the fulfilment of some of my prophecies….There are about sixteen thousand people in India, Britain, Germany, France, Russia and Italy, who include Pundits, Jewish scribes, leaders of Zoroastrians, Christian Ministers, Clerics and Bishops, to whom registered letters have been sent to the effect that Islam alone is the true religion and all other religions have drifted far away from the truth. These letters also contained an offer that if anyone of our opponents doubts my statement, he should come and stay with me for one year and witness the signs of Islam at my hands. If I turned out to be wrong, he would be paid compensation at the rate of two hundred rupees a month. And if I am proven right I would demand nothing from him except that he should become a Muslim. I even offered to deposit the amount of compensation in advance, but no one paid any attention to my offer…. The validity of my statement might be determined by inquiring from some Christian minister whether he has received such a registered letter conveying the message of Islam or not….Letters and announcements containing the message of Islam have also been despatched to the members of British Parliament and Prince of Wales…. as testified by postal receipts I have in my possession.
[Shahadat-ul-Qur’an, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 6, pp. 369-371]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 393]
I have been informed categorically that if any opponent of Islam confronts me, I will be supreme and he will be humiliated. Why then do those who call themselves Muslims and doubt my truth not arrange for some Christian minister to stand up against me. Let them tell some Christian minister or a Hindu pundit that I am an impostor and assure him that no harm will come to him if he confronts me. Then God Almighty will Himself decide between us. If I am proved to be wrong I will transfer all the property that I have inherited to such Christian minister or Hindu Pundit. If he turns out to be false, I will require nothing from him but that he should become a Muslim.
[A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, p.348]
I make this offer in full sincerity and affirm in the name of Allah the Glorious, that I am ready for such a contest. I have issued twelve thousand announcements to this effect but no pundit or minister has come forward in good faith. What greater proof can there be of my truth than that I am always ready for such a contest? If the opposing pundit or minister is not ready to show any sign, he can simply announce through some newspaper that he is ready to witness such a sign and that if such a sign does appear and he is not able to match it, he will immediately accept Islam. I will be more than willing to abide by such a plan. Let someone from among the Muslims step forward with the courage to test, in this manner, the truth of a person whom they denounce as a disbeliever and irreligious person. Then witness the resulting drama.
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 393]
Repeated Challenges 395 Manifestation of the Power of the Living God, Honour of the Holy Prophetsa, and Truth of the Holy Qur’an
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 394]
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 3)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 13: Repeated Challenges
Navigation: Book Table of Contents | « Previous: For Followers of Revealed Books Who Deny the Truth of the Holy Qur’an | Next: Manifestation of the Power of the Living God, Honour of the Holy Prophet (sa), and Truth of the Holy Qur’an »