For the Careful Attention of Sardar Raj Indar Singh — Essence of Islam Vol. 3

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 3), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon For the Careful Attention of Sardar Raj Indar Singh, 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 401 Peace be on those who follow the guidance.
Announced by: Ghulam Ahmad From Qadian,
Distt. Gurdaspur, Punjab.
[Surmah Chashm-e-Arya, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 2, pp. 309-310]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 401]

252 I have received your pamphlet which you have entitled ‘Remedy for the Obsession of the Qadiani’. Not knowing what to do in answer to your abuse, insult, and all the calumnies you have directed against our lord and master, Muhammad Mustafa, Ahmad Mujtaba (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), I commit this matter to the Mighty and Powerful One, Who is protective of the honour of his loved ones. I feel all the more sorry for you in view of the fact that my book Sat Bachan was couched in terms of extreme respect and courtesy, and I had described Baba Nanak in reverent terms, for which you have ill requited me…. You have heaped vile abuse upon the Holy Loved One of God who, for the sake of the honour and glory of God, did not value his own life as more than the life of an insect and endured a thousand deaths in that cause, and you have denigrated him in various ways. I had not imagined that there were such people among the Sikhs. The sun, in your estimation, appears as a thing of no value. O ignorant one, you have slighted the light that illumined the 252 Sa‘di, it is impossible that the right path; Be obtained except in the footsteps of the Mustafasa. [Publisher] world at a time when it had sunk in darkness, and revived it after it was dead. All Prophethoods were established through him…. Hearken! I bear witness that Islam is the bright religion that manifests Divine support all the time. How great is the Messenger from whom we receive light afresh, and how exalted is the Prophet for whose love we perceive the holy spirit dwelling within us. That is how our supplications are accepted and we are able to work wonders. We experience the Living God in this faith. All other faiths are but the worship of the dead.
Where are the worshippers of the dead? Can they speak? Where are the worshippers of creatures? Can they stand up against us? Where are those who claimed mischievously that no prophecy of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was ever fulfilled, and that he did not show any sign? They will all be put to shame and will seek to hide themselves but will find no place to hide; for the time has come when the light of the truth of Islam will strike the faces of the disbelievers.
I have seen Baba Nanak Sahib twice in my visions. He acknowledged that he had obtained light from the same source. Vain talk and falsehood are the characteristics of those who swallow carrion; I have stated only that which I have seen. That is why I hold Baba Nanak Sahib in high esteem, as I know that he drank from the same spring from which we drink. God Almighty knows that I speak out of the comprehension which has been bestowed upon me. If you deny that Baba Sahib was a Muslim and insist that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was—God forbid—a wicked person, I will not attempt to persuade you through reason and logic, but I put Repeated Challenges 403 forward another method of settlement through Divine intervention….
I propose that you should state on oath, in a public gathering, that Baba Nanak was disgusted with Islam and esteemed the Prophet of Islam an evil man and that in truth he was (God forbid) wicked and vicious and was not a true Prophet. You should then supplicate: ‘If these two statements of mine are false, then do You, O Mighty Kartar, inflict severe punishment on me for this impertinence within one year.’ Once you have made this statement and supplication, we shall deposit five hundred rupees wherever you may desire. If you are true in your affirmation, you will suffer no harm whatsoever within one year and the amount of five hundred rupees will be paid over to you, and I will be disgraced and humiliated. But, on the other hand, if some punishment does come down upon you, all Sikhs will be guided to the truth.
[Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 2, pp. 394-399]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 401]

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