There is a long list of enemies of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (AS) that died a miserable death after entering into Mubahala with him. One of them is Rashid Ahmad Gangohi. He is one of the founding fathers of the Deobandi sect in Islam, one of the most prominent group of ‘Sunnis’ today.

The Promised Messiah (AS) challenged 110 scholars for a Mubahala in his book, Anjam-e-Atham. The names of each of these scholars are listed Ruhani Khazain, vol. 11, pg. 69. 4th in the list is Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.

Rashid Ahmad Gangohi continued to send curse of Allah upon Ahmad (AS) and label him as Dajjal and a Liar. He was soon gotten to justice as he became blind the same year when the Mubahala challenge was done, and later died from a snake bite.

Details

Scholars of the time kept instigating Muslims against the Promised Messiah (AS) and were publishing writings that were filthy, lies, and had other obscenities. After some time, he (AS) invited all his enemies to come forward for a Mubahala (Prayer duel) in the book, Anjam-e-Atham. He claimed that if he is a liar then God should destroy him, otherwise, any of his enemies who accept the Mubahala must be punished.

کیونکہ میں نہیں چاہتا کہ میرے سبب سے تیرے بندے فتنہ اور ضلالت میں پڑیں۔ اور ایسے مفتری کا مرنا ہی بہتر ہے۔ لیکن اے خدائے علیم وخبیر اگر تو جانتا ہے کہ یہ تمام الہامات جو میرے ہاتھ میں ہیں تیرے ہی الہام ہیں۔ اور تیرے منہ کی باتیں ہیں۔ تو ان مخالفوں کو جو اس وقت حاضر ہیں ایک سال کے عرصہ تک نہایت سخت دکھ کی مار میں مبتلا کر کسی کو اندھا کر دے اور کسی کو مجذوم اورکسی کو مفلوج اور کس کو مجنون اور کسی کو مصروع اور کسی کو سانپ یا سگ دیوانہ کا شکار بنا۔ اور کسی کے مال پر آفت نازل کر اور کسی کی جان پر اور کسی کی عزت پر۔ اور جب میں یہ دعا کر چکوں تو دونوں فریق کہیں کہ آمین ۔ ایسا ہی فریق ثانی کی جماعت میں سے ہر ایک شخص جو مباہلہ کیلئے حاضر ہو جناب الہی میں یہ دعا کرے کہ اے خدائے علیم و خبیر ہم اس شخص کو جس کا نام غلام احمد ہے در حقیقت کذاب اور مفتری اور کافر جانتے ہیں ۔ پس اگر یہ شخص در حقیقت کذاب اور مفتری اور کافر اور بے دین ہے اور اس کے یہ الہام تیری طرف سے نہیں بلکہ اپنا ہی افترا ہے۔ تو اس امت مرحومہ پر یہ احسان کر کہ اس مفتری کو ایک سال کے اندر ہلاک کر دے تا لوگ اس کے فتنہ سے امن میں آجائیں۔

Because I do not want your servants to fall into temptation and confusion because of me. And it is better for such a liar to die. But O God, All-Knowing and All-Knowing, if You know that all these inspirations that are in my hands are Your inspirations and the words of Your mouth, then make those opponents who are present at this time suffer severe afflication within a period of one year. Make someone blind, or afflict with leprosy or paralysis. Or make madman…

And when I finish making this dua, both sides should say Amen. In the same way, every person from the party of the second party, who is present for the marriage, should pray to Allah that, O God, All-Knowing and All-Knowing, we know the person whose name is Ghulam Ahmad to be a liar, a liar, and an infidel. So, if this person is in fact a liar, a slanderer, a disbeliever, and an irreligious person, and this inspiration of his is not from You, but it is his own slander. Do this kidness on this ummah by taking the life of this liar within a year so that there can be peace from this fitnah.

[Anjam-e-Atham, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 11, pg 66]

He lists 58 Ulema of Islam and 52 Ulema of the Sufi Spiritual Orders (Gaddi Nasheen).

میں یہ شرط کرتا ہوں کہ میری دعا کا اثر اس صورت میں سمجھا جائے کہ جب تمام وہ لوگ جو مباہلہ کے میدان میں بالمقابل آویں ایک سال تک ان بلاؤں میں سے کسی بلا میں مبتلا ہو جائیں اگر ایک بھی باقی رہا میں اپنے تئیں کاذب سمجھوں گا اگرچہ وہ ہزار ہوں یا دو ہزار اور پھر ان ہاتھ پر تو بہ کروں گا

It is my condition that the result of my prayers can only be considered when all these people come forward for the challenge of Mubahalah and they get afflicted with the punishments [from the ones I listed].

Even if 1 is saved, I will consider myself a liar, even though they are a 1000 or 2000. Then I will repent on their hands.

[Anjam-e-Atham, Ruhani Khazain, vol. 11, pg 67]

Some people might claim that the divine punishment of 1 or 2 isn’t decisive enough as it might be a coincidence that they are going through a trial by Allah. So he cleared it up and claimed that from these 100, at least 10 should come forward so that no uncertainty can be left.

میرے مباہلہ میں یہ شرط ہے کہ اشخاص مندرجہ ذیل میں سے کم از کم دس آدمی حاضر ہوں اس سے کم نہ ہوں اور جس قدر ہوں میری خوشی اور مراد ہے۔ کیونکہ بہتوں پر عذاب الہی کا محیط ہو جانا ایک ایسا کھلا کھلا نشان ہے جو کسی پر مشتبہ نہیں رہ سکتا

It is a condition in my Mubahalah that in the listed individuals, atleast 10 men must come forward. It should NOT be less than that. If it is more than that then it will be pleasure and wish. Because the punishment of God on many is such a manifest sign that there is no suspicion left.

[Ibid]

Lastly, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) wrote the following, which clearly convicts Ganoghi under a curse of Allah.

Witness, O earth and O heaven! God’s curse be upon the very one who, after receiving this booklet, neither presents himself for a mubahalah, nor stops denouncing and insulting me as an unbeliever, and does not part company with those who ridicule me. O true believers! Do all of you, for the sake of God, say, Amin.

[Ibid]

Not even 10 from this list of 100+ people came forward. But Gangohi kept cursing and sending Lanat of Allah upon Ahmad (AS).

Fatawah of Rashid Ahmad Gangohi

Gangohi continued cursing the Promised Messiah (as), calling him a liar and a Dajjal (God forbid):

According to ahadith, Mirza is born as a Kadhab (Liar) and Dajjal.

Mirza Qadiani is from among the Dajjals and kaddhab this answer is right…Mirza Qadiani is a misleader and—misguides others, the misguidance and deceit of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani as far as I have come to know, is free from any doubt. Without hesitation, he is completely a misleader, a corrupter, and a creator of discord and trouble.

[Baqiyat Fatawa Rashidiyyah]

Punishment from Allah

Consequently, in the same year (1896 AD) as the challenge written in Anjam e Atham, he became blind in accordance with the content of the challenge. This is mentioned in the biographies of Gangohi.

Another constraint was that since 1314 AH, vision had suddenly failed completely.

[Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Hayat aur Karnamey, pg. 174]

Then in 1905, he was bitten by a snake and died.

Hazrat Gangohi used to perform…recitations, and additional prayers in the private chamber of the khanqah. In this chamber, there might have been a snake or another venomous creature that bit him while he was performing the Fajr sunnah prayers

[Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Hayat aur Karnamey, pg. 176]

Mention by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS)

This sign is mentioned in Haqiqatul Wahi as follows:

130. [One Hundred Thirtieth] SIGN-In my book Anjām- e-Atham, I invited many opposing maulawis, by name, to a mubahalah [prayer duel], and wrote on page 66 of the book that should any one of them enter into a mubahalah with me, I would pray that some of them may become blind, some may become paralyzed, some may become insane, some may die of snakebite, some may meet an untimely death, some may be disgraced, and some may suffer financial loss. Although all the opposing Maulawi were not courageous enough to accept the challenge of a mubahalah, they continued to slander me behind my back, and persisted in their denial. Rashid Aḥmad of Gangoh, for instance, has not only invoked [The curse of Allah be upon the liars’], but has also called me ‘’Satan’ in one of his posters. Ultimately, the result of this was that of all fifty-two opposing maulawis, only twenty have survived thus far, and even they are ensnared by one calamity or another. The rest have all died. Maulawi Rashid Aḥmad became blind and later died of snakebite, as was in the prayer of the mubahalah. Maulawī Shāh Dīn died after becoming insane. Maulawi Ghulām Dastagīr became a victim of the mubahalah initiated by himself. As for those who are still alive, none of them has escaped the above named calamities, even though they have not yet entered into the mubahalah in the prescribed manner.

[Haqiqatul Wahi, pg. 584]

Conclusion

Just like the other enemies, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi was also humiliated and punished by Allah for invoking the curse of Allah upon Ahmad (AS). It is an amazing sign of the support of Allah that He not only helped Ahmad (AS) against so many enemies but also destroyed them within his lifetime.

Make sure to check all other such signs under Signs of Messiah Category of this website.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (AS), who claimed to be the Promised Messiah, received a divine promise from Allah: that He would protect him from all evil schemes of his enemies and humiliate anyone who tried to humiliate him.

This promise was tested once more when a Salafi/Ahl-e-Hadith from British India, Babu Ilahi Bakhsh, challenged him to Mubahala, a spiritual contest invoking God’s curse upon the liar. Shortly after this, the scholar died, fulfilling the divine protection promised to Ahmad.

Mubahala

In 1901, Babu Ilahi Bakhsh was claiming revelations against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) and spreading to his close circle. Someone wrote to the Promised Messiah (AS) mentioning this. He wrote back saying that Ilahi Bakhsh should publish these revelations with an oath of Allah. This way the whole world can witness the sign of Allah.

Following this, Ilahi Bakhsh wrote a book named ‘Asa-e-Musa’ (The Staff of Moses AS). In this book, he claimed to be Musa (AS) and labelled Ahmad (AS) as Pharoah. The first few pages of this book quote these letters of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) as well. Ahmad (AS) mentions this as well:

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.’

[Haiqatul Wahi, pg. 711]

The book is filled with so-called ‘revelations’ of Ilahi Bakhsh. These revelations mention how Ahmad (AS) will be destroyed via a punishment like Plague. In this book, he also sent a curse of Allah on Ahmad (AS) and thus, entered into Mubahala. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) mentions this in his books as follows:

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 [i.e. ‘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.

[Haiqatul Wahi, pg. 682]

For the sake of brevity, we have only mentioned a small excerpt. The full account of this sign is detailed in the book Haqiqatul Wahi, pages 671-738. We urge everyone to read it fully to better understand the significance off this great sign from Allah.

Revelations of Ilahi Bakhsh

Now we will post the revelations that Ilahi Bakhsh writes in his book as quoted by the Promised Messiah (AS). Notice how each of these ‘revelations’ not only failed miserably but also flipped back on Ilahi Bakhsh himself.

سَلَامٌ لَكَ تَغْلَبُوْنَ. يَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبٌ فَقَدْ هَوى. فَتَدَبَّر

[Pg. 79] For you is peace.You shall prevail and upon him. Shall descend the wrath of God and he will most certainly perish. Therefore, ponder and reflect.

إِنِّنْ مُهِينٌ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ إِهَائتك

Ilāhī Bakhsh has translated it to mean as if I would be humiliated in opposition to him and his truthfulness would be manifested.

اُڑ جائیں گے زبان خلق کو نقارہ خدا سمجھو

[Pg. 79] He will be destroyed, consider the voice of people to be the voice of God

اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِيْنَ

[Pg. 80] O God, arbitrate between us and our people with truth…

رِجْزًا مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِيْ كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةً…وَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ. وَ لَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِيْنَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا

[Pg. 80] 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.

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُوْمِ مَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَى

[Pg. 83] We shall put the brand of fire on the nose or mouth of this impostor

مَتَّعَ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ بِطُولِ حَيَاتِكَ وَ بِطُولِ بَقَائِكَ.يَنْفُعُ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ بِطُوْلِ حَيَاتِكَ وَبِطُولِ بَقَائِكَ

[Pg. 9] God Almighty will lengthen your life and by allowing you to live long in this world, He will thereby greatly benefit the Muslims.

[Pg. 9] I shall certainly not die unless and until I fully carry out the task assigned to me.

فَيَتْ وَ هُوَ كَافِرٌ.رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِ لِعَانُه وَ أَزْ لِفَتِ الْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

[Pg. 152] 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

[Asa-e-Musa] (Click here to download book)

As one can see, all of these revelations backfired on Ilahi Bakhsh.

• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh himself died.
• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh himself died of plague.
• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh himself got punished by the wrath of Allah
• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh got a small lifespan.
• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh died before he could do anything of value for the sake of Islam
• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh did not leave behind any community or legacy.
• Instead of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), Ilahi Bakhsh himself succumbed to his own mubahalah prayer

How wonderful was the special help of Allah for his chosen Messiah!

Testimony of non-Ahmadis

Babu Ilahi Bakhsh’s own Salafi/Ahle Hadith groups published the news of his death mentioning that he had died of the plague. For example, Akhbar Ahl-e-Hadith, run by Mawlavi Muhammad Hussain Battalvi, says:

We regret to report that writer Ilahi Bakhsh of Lahore, the author of ‘Asa-e-Musa also became a martyr to the plague.

[Akhbar Ahl-e-Hadith, 19 April 1907]

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

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

[Paisa Akhbar, 10th April 1907]
As quoted by Promised Messiah (AS) in Haqiqatul Wahi

Conclusion

Every single enemy of the Promised Messiah (AS) who sent the curse of Allah on him, was humiliated and destroyed by Allah. Every single enemy who challenged him for Mubahala got destroyed within the lifetime of Ahmad (AS). God continued to protect the Promised Messiah (AS) from every attack of his enemies, over and over, until his last breath.

Babu Ilahi Bakhsh attempted to humiliate Ahmad (AS) but God had other plans. He died within 6 years of publishing his revelations with oath on Allah and his revelations mentioned a death from Plague for Ahmad (AS) but he himself died from plague.

Signs like these are a fulfillment of the revelation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS):

اِنِّیْ مُھِیْنٌ مَّنْ اَرَادَ اِھَانَتَکَ

I shall humiliate him who seeks to humiliate you.

[Tadhkirah, pg. 43]

The Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama‘at, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) of Qadian, articulated in his writings a deep sense of anguish, resolute conviction, and firm reliance upon Divine support. In addressing the scholars and notables of the Muslim ummah at the time, he issued earnest warnings couched in powerful and moving language. He (AS) repeatedly warned the Muslim ulema about the danger of resisting the Divine will, stressing that opposing a messenger of God is, in reality, opposing God Himself. He made it clear that no prayers or supplications, no matter how many or how intense, could ever harm one who is truly sent and supported by the Almighty.

The full warning and fiery challenge of Ahmad (AS) to the Ulema is listed below with references:

“The world does not know me, but He knows me Who has sent me. Those who wish my destruction are mistaken and extremely unfortunate. I am the tree which has been planted by the Lord God with His own hands…..

O People! You must understand this for sure that I am accompanied by that Hand which shall remain faithful to me till the end of time. If your men and your women, and your young and your old, and your insignificant ones and your notables: all committed themselves to praying for my destruction—so much so that your noses get withered and wasted away due to your endless prostrations, and your hands become numb, even then God will most certainly not accept your prayers, and He will not relent until His will is done. Even if I do not have a single human being with me, the angels of God will be on my side. And if you withhold your testimony, the stone will well nigh testify for me. Therefore, do not wrong your souls. God leaves nothing unresolved. I consider as accursed a life which is tainted with falsehood and lies, and which, out of the fear of the creatures of God, evades to comply with Divine imperatives. It is certainly impossible for me to show any slackness—even if the Sun moved from one side and the Earth from the other to crush me between them—in carrying out the duty which God Almighty has at the moment entrusted to me, and for which Alone He has sent me. What is man? A mere worm and nothing more than a clot! How then can I, for the sake of this lowly creature, fail to abide by what the Self-Subsistent Being has commanded. Just as God decided between His prophets and those who rejected them, so shall He decide now. There is a time for the prophets to come and a time to depart: do mark it for sure, that I have neither made a seasonless appearance, nor shall my exit be unseasonable. Don’t fight God. It is not for you to destroy me!“

_{[Mahzarnama (The Memorandum), 1974 National Assembly of Pakistan, p. 193-194] [Tohfa Golarviyyah, Ruhani Khizain Vol.17, pp.49-50]}

_{This challenge is also recorded in similar wording in the following reference: [Ruhani Khazain, vol. 17, pg. 400]}

• Hear Maulana Dost Muhammad Shahid (RH) read this challenge passionately in this powerful audio clip: [YouTube | An Excerpt From The Book Tohfa-e-Golraviya (Urdu)]

“In the sheer name of God, I remind my opposing divines and their ilk that abuse and invective is not the way of gentlemen. If in your warped thinking, you insist on this misdemeanour, so be it. If you must take me as an impostor, you have also the option to assemble in your mosques and pray against me individually or in congregation. Were I an impostor, those prayers will certainly be answered. For the matter of that you always pray against me.

But do remember! Even if the profusion of your prayers were to lacerate your tongues, if you rub out your noses in prostration and your eyelids rot on account of tears, your eyelashes fall, your eyesight gets impaired because of excessive crying, and your mind becomes blank to end up in melancholy—even then those prayers shall not be heard, because I am from God…. No one can die on this earth unless his death is ordained in the heaven. My soul is blessed with the same truth which was bestowed on Hadhrat Ibrahim, on whom be peace. I have an Ibrahim-like affinity with God. No one knows my secret but my God. My opponents are fortuitously engaged in self-destruction: I am not the plant which can be uprooted by their hands…. O, God! Do Thou have mercy on this ummah. Amen!“

_{[Mahzarnama (The Memorandum), 1974 National Assembly of Pakistan, p. 193-194] [Arba’een, Ruhani Khizain Vol.17, p.471-472]}

1974: A Nation’s Rejection

Despite the earnest warning of Hazrat Ahmad (as), the leaders of the Muslim ummah chose hostility over reflection. On September 7^th 1974, the National Assembly of Pakistan declared Ahmadis as apostates (Murtad) and outside the fold of Islam. For 50+ years since that day, they have been officially considered Non-Muslims – not by God’s scripture or Hadith, but by a constitutional amendment. This decision shows that it was driven by political motives and pressure from the ulema, who have historically opposed the truthful one and sought to challenge God. Some of the news headlines from that time are listed below:

Path Against God’s Messenger ﷺ and Its Consequences

Excommunicating an entire community that identified as Muslims demonstrated the very arrogance and opposition against which Hazrat Ahmad (as) had warned. In fact, this act directly contradicted the guidance of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), who stated that there would be one true heavenly jama‘ah on one side in the latter days, and 72 hell-bound sects on the other (click here to see the Hadith).

Instead of seeking God’s verdict through humble prayer and sincere inquiry, Pakistan’s National Assembly issued a man-made judgment – effectively trying to uproot the tree God Himself had planted. From that day onward, Pakistan has fuelled hatred, discrimination, and brutalities against Ahmadis, thereby inviting the wrath of God by opposing His Messenger – as the country regresses every single day politically, socially, and economically. In opposing the tree planted by the Almighty, they have placed themselves on a path where lasting success and the status of true Muslims remain beyond reach.

May Allah the Almighty guide the Muslim Ummah, especially the Muslims of Pakistan, to recognize and accept the Imam of the Age. Amin.

Chola of Baba Nanak

The Chola (cloak) of Baba Nanak (RH), is the holiest relic of Baba Nanak (RH) and is carefully preserved in Dera Baba Nanak, a small village in Gurdaspur District of the Punjab, India. It is significant because it is the cloak which Baba Nanak (RH) wore very often in his lifetime. It is so sacred that Baba Nanak’s immediate followers took every care to keep it safe, and even today, special care is given to keep the cloak safe. The regard and reverence given to the Chola by the Sikh community is a testimony to the authenticity of the cloak.

In 1895, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) himself visited Dera Baba Nanak and drew a sketch of the Chola, after a delegation of his companions had already gone earlier and confirmed that the Chola was preserved there.

Allegation

Some Sikhs today claim that the Chola has verses from different scriptures in different languages to show Baba Nanak’s respect for all religions. But this is not true in the slightest. As one can see from the Sketch of Chola above, the writings on the cloak are only from the Holy Qur’an.

Challenge of Promised Messiah (AS)

As many knowledgeable Sikhs were hiding the true identity and contents of the Chola at the time, after Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) personally saw it and noted that the only inscriptions on the Chola were purely Islamic, like the Shahadah and verses from the Qur’an, he became fully convinced that Baba Nanak (RH) was indeed a follower of Islam. Subsequently, he issued a bold challenge to all Sikhs in his book Satt-Bachan:

The cloak (Chola) still exists; anyone who wishes may go and see it. And we are prepared to offer a cash reward of three (3000) thousand rupees if anywhere in the cloak there is even the slightest mention of the Vedas or its verse, or any praise of any religion other than Islam, or any verses from any scripture other than the Holy Qur’an…

[Satt-Bachan, Rohani Khizain, Volume 10, page 156]

Conclusion

Over a hundred years have passed, yet no Sikh has ever dared to come forward to meet this challenge. For those willing to reflect, this serves as a striking sign of the truthfulness of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) and the clear Islamic identity of Baba Nanak (RH).

Some Sikhs may further argue that the Chola was just a gift to Baba Nanak. But if it really was only a gift, then why did Baba Nanak wear it so often himself? And why has it been kept as such a sacred relic by Sikhs ever since? For those willing to reflect, the importance of the Chola to Baba Nanak (RH) clearly shows that he followed Islam and that his faith was deeply connected to the message of the Qur’an.

It is itself a miracle that the Chola was preserved for many centuries after Baba Nanak’s passing, and that too by people who did not believe in Allah and his Messenger, Muhammad (SAW). Reflecting on this can make it clear to a person that it was solely by divine decree that the Chola survived, so that when the Promised Messiah (AS) appeared, he could reveal the true faith of this revered saint and prove to the world that it was solely through the beautiful religion of Islam from which this noble Saint received all his blessings.

May Allah open the hearts of our Sikh brothers and sisters to recognize the faith that Baba Nanak RH himself embraced – and guide them towards the True Islam.

In 1897, a Shia scholar called Sheikh Najafi wrote to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) and challenged him. He claimed that he can show a sign of his truthfulness within 40 minutes, The Promised Messiah (AS) wrote to him and gave him respite. He (AS) told him to show this sign, not in 40 minutes but 40 hours, or even 40 days. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) challenged that he cannot show such a sign in this time period, and if he shows one, then he is on falsehood.

Within 35 days of this, on 6th March 1897, Allah showed the magnificent sign of the death of Lekh Ram which was the prophecy of the Promised Messiah (AS). Read more about this prophecy here.

February 1st, 1897

This is the reply of the Promised Messiah (AS).

Hadrat [Haji Sheikh Muhammad Rada Tehrani, Najafi, alias] Sheikhul-Islam [who is a Shia] promised in his letter that he was ready to show a Sign within forty minutes. Well then let him announce a prophecy and we shall give him, not forty minutes, but forty hours. Thereafter if no Sign appears on our side within forty days and he shows a Sign within forty hours, or, indeed within forty days, we shall believe in his spiritual eminence and we shall give up our own claim. But if within the period specified a Sign appears on my side and none appears from his side, this would be the proof of my righteousness and of his falsehood.

[Majmu‘a-e-Ishtiharat, vol. 2, p. 198, footnote]
[Tadhkirah, p. 381]

March 10th, 1897

On March 6th, 1897, the sign of the death of Lekh Ram was witnessed by millions of people. As per his challenge, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) wrote to Sheikh Najafi after 40 days.

Shiekh Najafi had in his letter promised to show a Sign within forty minutes and in my announcement of February 1, 1897, I promised a Sign within forty days…. It is God’s bounty that after thirty five days from February 1, 1897, that is to say within forty days, the Sign of the death of Lekhram Peshawari occurred…. Now on our side the Sign has appeared and Najafi’s falsehood has been established. Even so, to make things easier for him, we are quite willing that as he claimed he should ascend to one of the minarets of the Shahi Masjid [Royal Mosque] in Lahore and throw himself down from it. While Sheikh Najadi [the Satan] has been granted respite**, there would be a sudden end to Shiekh Najafi. If he still does not [come forward to] show his Sign, then: لعنت اللہ الا لکازبین المنافقین [curse of Allah be on the liars.]

[Majmu‘a-e-Ishtiharat, vol. 2, p. 339]
[Tadhkirah, p. 381]

Conclusion

This is yet another simple and profound challenge of Ahmad (AS). These events continue to show the defeat of the entire world against the Messiah sent by Allah. It shows the continuous victory of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) through the constant support of God Almighty.

The non-Ahmadis allege that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) lost the prayer duel against Sanaullah and died before him. This is nothing but a lie. Sanaullah not only deflected the challenge to Mubahala, he actively published announcements after announcements where he kept mentioning that he won’t accept any Mubahala against Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS).

Who was Sanaullah?

He was an unknown maulvi who supported Islamophobes who blasphemed against the honor of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Islam. His sole purpose of existence was the enmity of the Promised Messiah (AS) and he used extremely disrespectful language against him.

Event by event

1896 – Sanaullah runs away 1st time

Scholars of the time kept instigating Muslims against the Promised Messiah (AS) and were publishing writings that were filthy, lies, and had other obscenities. After some time, he (AS) invited all his enemies to come forward for a Mubahalah (Prayer duel) in the book, Anjam-e-Atham. He claimed that if he is a liar then God should destroy him, otherwise, any of his enemies who accept the Mubahalah must be punished.

کیونکہ میں نہیں چاہتا کہ میرے سبب سے تیرے بندے فتنہ اور ضلالت میں پڑیں۔ اور ایسے مفتری کا مرنا ہی بہتر ہے۔ لیکن اے خدائے علیم وخبیر اگر تو جانتا ہے کہ یہ تمام الہامات جو میرے ہاتھ میں ہیں تیرے ہی الہام ہیں۔ اور تیرے منہ کی باتیں ہیں۔ تو ان مخالفوں کو جو اس وقت حاضر ہیں ایک سال کے عرصہ تک نہایت سخت دکھ کی مار میں مبتلا کر کسی کو اندھا کر دے اور کسی کو مجذوم اورکسی کو مفلوج اور کس کو مجنون اور کسی کو مصروع اور کسی کو سانپ یا سگ دیوانہ کا شکار بنا۔ اور کسی کے مال پر آفت نازل کر اور کسی کی جان پر اور کسی کی عزت پر۔ اور جب میں یہ دعا کر چکوں تو دونوں فریق کہیں کہ آمین ۔ ایسا ہی فریق ثانی کی جماعت میں سے ہر ایک شخص جو مباہلہ کیلئے حاضر ہو جناب الہی میں یہ دعا کرے کہ اے خدائے علیم و خبیر ہم اس شخص کو جس کا نام غلام احمد ہے در حقیقت کذاب اور مفتری اور کافر جانتے ہیں ۔ پس اگر یہ شخص در حقیقت کذاب اور مفتری اور کافر اور بے دین ہے اور اس کے یہ الہام تیری طرف سے نہیں بلکہ اپنا ہی افترا ہے۔ تو اس امت مرحومہ پر یہ احسان کر کہ اس مفتری کو ایک سال کے اندر ہلاک کر دے تا لوگ اس کے فتنہ سے امن میں آجائیں۔

Because I do not want your servants to fall into temptation and confusion because of me. And it is better for such a liar to die. But O God, All-Knowing and All-Knowing, if You know that all these inspirations that are in my hands are Your inspirations and the words of Your mouth, then make those opponents who are present at this time suffer severe afflication within a period of one year. Make someone blind, or afflict with leprosy or paralysis. Or make madman…

And when I finish making this dua, both sides should say Amen. In the same way, every person from the party of the second party, who is present for the marriage, should pray to Allah that, O God, All-Knowing and All-Knowing, we know the person whose name is Ghulam Ahmad to be a liar, a liar, and an infidel. So, if this person is in fact a liar, a slanderer, a disbeliever, and an irreligious person, and this inspiration of his is not from You, but it is his own slander. Do this kidness on this ummah by taking the life of this liar within a year so that there can be peace from this fitnah.

[Anjam-e-Atham, pg 66]

He lists 58 Ulema of Islam and 52 Ulema of the Sufi Spiritual Orders (Gaddi Nasheen). Sanaullah is the 11th on the list.

میں یہ شرط کرتا ہوں کہ میری دعا کا اثر اس صورت میں سمجھا جائے کہ جب تمام وہ لوگ جو مباہلہ کے میدان میں بالمقابل آویں ایک سال تک ان بلاؤں میں سے کسی بلا میں مبتلا ہو جائیں اگر ایک بھی باقی رہا میں اپنے تئیں کاذب سمجھوں گا اگرچہ وہ ہزار ہوں یا دو ہزار اور پھر ان ہاتھ پر تو بہ کروں گا

It is my condition that the result of my prayers can only be considered when all these people come forward for the challenge of Mubahalah and they get afflicted with the punishments [from the ones I listed].

Even if 1 is saved, I will consider myself a liar, even though they are a 1000 or 2000. Then I will repent on their hands.

[Anjam-e-Atham, pg 67]

Some people might claim that the divine punishment of 1 or 2 isn’t decisive enough as it might be a coincidence that they are going through a trial by Allah. So he cleared it up and claimed that from these 100, at least 10 should come forward so that no uncertainty can be left.

میرے مباہلہ میں یہ شرط ہے کہ اشخاص مندرجہ ذیل میں سے کم از کم دس آدمی حاضر ہوں اس سے کم نہ ہوں اور جس قدر ہوں میری خوشی اور مراد ہے۔ کیونکہ بہتوں پر عذاب الہی کا محیط ہو جانا ایک ایسا کھلا کھلا نشان ہے جو کسی پر مشتبہ نہیں رہ سکتا

It is a condition in my Mubahalah that in the listed individuals, atleast 10 men must come forward. It should NOT be less than that. If it is more than that then it will be pleasure and wish. Because the punishment of God on many is such a manifest sign that there is no suspicion left.

[Ibid]

Not even 10 from this list of 100+ people came forward. Neither did Sanaullah.

1902 – Sanaullah challenges Ahmad (AS)

Years later, after pressure from others, Sanaullah comes forward and challenges Ahmad (AS) for a Mubahalah . This was accepted by Promised Messiah (AS) and also published in his book.

I have heard, rather, I have seen, the document signed by Maulawi Sanaullah of Amritsar in which he has stated that he wishes sincerely to see the matter decided in such a manner whereby both parties, i.e. he and I, should pray to God that out of the two of us, the one who is a liar shall die in the lifetime of the one who is truthful. He has also expressed his desire to write a book comparable to I‘jazul-Masih in terms of eloquence and fluency and fulfilling the same objectives. Therefore, nothing can be better, if Maulawi Sanaullah has expressed this desire sincerely and not as a show of hypocrisy. Hence, by becoming the valiant soldier who decides between truth and falsehood in both these ways, he will be doing a great service to this ummah in this age of discord. He has indeed put forward an excellent proposal. But it will be productive only if he remains committed to it.

[Ijaz-e-Ahmadi, pg 24]

1902 – Runs away for the 2nd time

Sanaullah became terrified and replied:

چونکہ یہ خاکسار ند واقع میں اور نہ آپ کی طرح نبی یا رسول ، ابن اللہ یا الہامی ہے اس لیے ایسے مقابلہ کی جرات نہیں کر سکتا ۔ ۔۔۔۔۔۔ میں افسوس کرتا ہوں کہ مجھے ان باتوں پر جرات

I neither am nor do I claim like you that I am a prophet, or a messenger, or a son of God, or a recipient of revelation. I cannot therefore, dare enter into such a contest. Your purpose is that if I should die before you, you will proclaim that as a proof of your righteousness and if you pass on before me; a good riddance, then who will go to your grave and hold you to account? That is why you put forward such a stupid proposal. I regret however, that I dare not enter into such a controversy and this lack of courage is a source of honour and not humilation for me.

[Ilhamat E Mirza, pg 85]

This is just an excerpt from the extremely long section of his book where he continues to explain how he does not want to enter into the Mubahalah against the Promised Messiah (AS). This is after he himself sent the challenge. A bit embarrassing if you think about it.

June 22nd, 1906 – Sanaullah sends another challenge

Anyways, over the next few years, Jama’at-e-Ahmadiyya continued to grow exponentially due to the outbreak of the Plague. Sanaullahbecame restless and others began to pressurize him again. He gave in to those people and published another Mubahalah challenge in the newspaper where he was an editor:

البته آیتِ ثانیه فَقُلْ تَعَالَمُ امَدْعُ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَ ابْنَاءَ كُمُ ثم نَبْتَهِلْ… سورة آل عمران : (۶۲) پر عمل کرنے کے لئے تہ تیار ہیں۔ میں اب بھی ایسے مباہلہ کے لئے تیار ہوں جو آیت بر قوعہ سے ثابت ہوتا ہے جسے مرزا صاحب نے خود تسلیم کیا ہے؟

I am ready to act upon this [Quran 3:61]. I am ready for the same Mubahalah which is proven from this verse and as accepted by Mirza sahib himself.

[Ahl-e-Hadith, 22 June 1906, pg 4]

The verse he quotes is the verse that describes what a Mubahila is. Non-Ahmadi and Ahmadi Muslims both agree on this.

February 28th, 1907 – Ahmad (AS) accepts

Early this year¹, Promised Messiah (AS) was already writing his book Haqiqatul Wahi where he expressed his desire that Sanaullah sends this challenge to him since he claimed to be ready. But he wanted the book to be finished so he can have him read it before he accepts.

Even then, if Maulawi Thana’ullah, who nowadays exceeds the other clerics in deriding, ridiculing, and abusing me, does not stop this foul behaviour, I would happily accept an offer to enter into a mubahalah with him.

[Haqiqatul Wahi, pg 576]

Note, Promised Messiah (AS) on the same page also invites him to come to Qadian for the Mubahalah, and that he would be paid all the expenses for it. He even provides him a personal guarantee of his safety in Qadian, which Sanaullah could not provide to the Promised Messiah (AS) in Amritsar as he was attacked by a mob last time. How easy can it get for Sanaullah? One would think he would accept. Let’s see…

March 29th, 1907 – Sanaullah challenges again

Turns out that while Haqiqatul Wahi was being written, Sanaullah sends out an invitation of Mubahalah. He writes:

مرزائیو! بچے ہو تو آؤ اور اپنے گرو کو ساتھ لاؤ انہیں ہمارے سامنے لاؤ… جس نے ہمیں رسالہ انجام آتھم میں دعوت مباہلہ دی ہوئی ہے۔

O Mirzais! Bring him who has challenged us to a prayer duel (Mubahila) in his book Anjam Atham and confront him with me, for so long as there is no final decision with the prophet, nothing can bind all his followers.

[Ahl-e-Hadith, 29 March 1907, pg 10]

Pretty promising right? Not really! He runs again as you can see below.

April 4th, 1907 – Ahmad (AS) accepts

As soon as Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) read this announcement of Sanaullah, he directed the Editor of Al-Badr to announce:

میں مولوی ثناء اللہ صاحب کو بشارت دیتا ہوں کہ حضرت مرزا صاحب نے ان کے اس چیلنج کو منظور کر لیا ہے۔ وہ بے شک قسم کھا کر بیان کریں کہ یہ شخص اپنے دعوئی میں جھوٹا ہے۔ اور بے شک یہ بات کہیں کہ اگر میں اس بات میں جھوٹا ہوں تو لَعْنَتُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَذِبین ۔ اور اس کے علاوہ ان کو اختیار ہے کہ اپنے جھوٹے ہونے کی صورت میں ہلاکت وغیرہ کے جو عذاب اپنے لئے چاہیں خدا سے مانگیں. اگر آپ اس بات پر ہی راضی ہیں کہ بالمقابل کھڑے ہو کر زبانی مباہلہ ہو تو پھر آپ قادیان آسکتے ہیں اور اپنے ہمراہ دس تک آدمی لاسکتے ہیں اور ہم آپ کا زاد راہ آپ کے یہاں آنے اور مباہلہ کرنے کے بعد پچاس روپیہ تک دے سکتے ہیں۔ لیکن یہ امر ہر حالت میں ضروری ہوگا ۔ کہ مباہلہ ہونے سے پہلے فریقین میں شرائط تحریر ہو جاویں گے اور الفاظ مباہلہ تحریر ہو کر اس تحریر پر فریقین اور ان کے ساتھ گواہوں کے دستخط ہو جاویں گئے۔

In reply to his challenge, wish to convey to Maulvi Sanaullah Sahib, the good news that Hazrat Mirza Sahib has accepted his challenge. He must take an oath and say that this person [Mirza Ghulam Ahmad] is lying about his claims. And he must openly state that if he is lying then لَعْنَتُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَذِبین. And other than this, he has freedom to pray for any punishment like death for himself.

If he is ready to do this in person, then he can come to Qadian and bring with him upto 10 people. We will give you 50 rupees after the Mubahila for the travel expenses. But it is necessary that before the Mubahila, both sides agree on written conditions and it is signed by the both sides and their witnesses.

[Badr, 4 April 1907, pg 4]

April 12th, 1907 – Sanaullah runs for the 3rd time

The moment Sanaullah reads the condition of saying لَعْنَتُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَذِبین (May the curse of Allah be on the liars), he ran away for the 3rd time. Instead, he claimed that he will take an oath that one takes in the courts, but won’t say the above dua. He knew that the moment he says the dua, the Mubahila starts. He was ready to lie on a normal oath but knew the consequences of doing it in a Mubahila.

میں نے آپ کو مباہلہ کے لئے نہیں بلایا۔ میں نے تو قسم کھانے پر آمادگی کی ہے ۔ مگر آپ اس کو مباہلہ کہتے ہیں۔ حالانکہ مباہلہ اس کو کہتے ہیں کہ فریقین مقابلہ پر قسمیں کھا ئیں ۔ میں نے حلف اُٹھانا کہا ہے مباہلہ نہیں کہا قسم اور ہے ۔ اور مباہلہ اور

I have not challenged you to a mubahilah. I have only declared my willingness to take an oath but you call it a mubahilah, whereas a mubahila involves the parties taking an oath in a contest against each other. I have declared my readiness to take an oath and have not issued a challenge to a mubahilah. Taking a unilateral oath is one thing and mubahilah is quite another.

It is not that I am afraid of doing a Mubahila against you, God forbid, when I consider you mufsid and dajjal. Not recently but since years. So why would I be afraid to do Mubahila?

[Ahl-e-Hadith, 19 April 1907, pg 10]
Note: This paper was published on the 12th so that Sanaullah could reply to the Promised Messiah (AS). Check main page.

Is this the hero Anti-Ahmadis have? Someone who can’t stick to his own words that are published for everyone to see? How embarrassing can it get? If Sanaullah actually believed that the Promised Messiah (AS) was a false prophet, then the challenge was very easy. Alas! He was afraid.

But this is not it. In the same article, he calls his challenge a Mubahila and not a challenge to take an oath:

بے شک الفاظ مباہلہ مقرر ہو چکے ہیں جن پر ہم نے تمہارے ہی منقولہ مضمون میں خط دیدیا ہے جن کو تم نے بھی منظور کر لیا ہے

Indeed, the words of Mubahila have been established in which I have sent you an invitation which even you have accepted.

[Ibid]

Why is Sanaullah switching his argument within the same article? He denies sending a Mubahila challenge and then says the complete opposite. Isn’t it a complete fraud and hypocrisy?

April 15th, 1907 – Final announcement

The above reply was published on the 12th so the Promised Messiah (AS) must have received it on the 13th or the 14th. When he saw Sanaullah run for the 3rd time, it must have been frustrating since it not only wasted a lot of his time but also hindered a sign of Allah that would have been shown on his acceptance of Mubahila.

Since he knew that Sanaullah was afraid, Ahmad (AS) wrote a final Mubahila announcement to Sanuallah with the title of “Akhri Faisla”. The purpose was to leave the matter up to Allah and establish a final hujjat on him. In this, he prayed to Allah to decide the matter by killing the liar within the life of the truthful. Another purpose was so that his running away from the Mubahila is clear for everyone to see.

At the end of the announcement, he also wrote:

بالآخر مولوی صاحب سے التماس ہے کہ وہ میرے اس تمام مضمون کو اپنے پر چہ میں چھاپ دیں اور جو چاہیں اسکے نیچے لکھ دیں۔ اب فیصلہ خدا کے ہاتھ میں ہے۔

“In the end, we request Maulvi Sahib to publish this statement in his newspaper and write whatever he so wishes below it. Now the verdict is in Allah’s hand

[Majmua-e-Ishtaharat, vol. 3, pg 446-448]

April 26th, 1907 – Sanaullah runs for the 4th time

The above announcement reached Sanaullah and he immediately announces that he does not accept the challenge. He even understands it to be the continuation of the same Mubahila announcement that was published before.

کرشن جی نے خاکسار کو مباہلہ کے لیے بلایا جس کا جواب اہلحدیث وار اپریل شاہ میں مفصل دیا گیا جس کا خلاصہ یہ تھا کہ میں حسب اقرار خود تمہارے کذب پر حلف اٹھانے کو تیار ہوں بشر طیکہ تم یہ بتا دو کہ اس حلف کا نتیجہ کیا ہو گا

Krishan gee has called this humble self for a Mubahila whose detailed answer is given in Ahl-e-Hadith, 19th April 1907. The summary of it is that I am ready to take an oath on you being a liar only if you tell me what will be the outcome of this oath.

[Ahl-e-Hadith, 26 April 1907, pg 3]
Note: Krishan gee is used as a term to disrespect Ahmad (AS).

As seen from this, Sanaullah is only ready to take an oath that one takes every day where it is easier to get away with a lie. But he wasn’t ready to do the same oath with the dua of لَعْنَتُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَذِبین (May the curse of Allah be on the liars). He immediately exclaims:

My permission was not taken regarding this prayer, and it was published without my permission.

This is not acceptable to me, nor would any sensible person agree to such a challenge.

[Ahl-e-Hadith, 26 April 1907, pg 5]

He is so scared that he also claims:

“My contest is with you. If I were to die, then how would that be a proof for the public? According to you Maulavi Ghulam Dastagir Qasuri (Deceased), Maulvi Isma’eel Alighari (Deceased), and Dr. Dowie, the American, died in this way. So have people accepted you as true? If this happens again what will be the effect?”

[Ibid]

Not only did he run, but he also made an excuse to prove that false prophets are granted long life. This was to prove that in case he dies, Promised Messiah (AS) is a false prophet.

خدا تعالیٰ جھوٹے ، دغا باز ، مفسد اور نافرمان لوگوں کو لمبی عمریں دیا کرتا ہے۔ تا کہ وہ اس مہات میں اور بھی برے کام کر لیں۔ پھر تم کیسےمن گھڑت اصول بتلاتے ہو کہ ایسے لوگوں کو بہت عمر نہیں ملتی۔

God Almighty grants respite and bestows long life on liars, deceivers, disturbers of peace and the disobedient ones, so that during that period of respite they should add to their evil deeds.

[Ahl-e-Hadith, 26 April 1907]

To prove his above statement, he compares Ahmad (AS) with Musaylimah and himself with the Prophet Muhammad (SAW):

The Holy Prophet, in spite of being a true prophet, died before Musaylima Kazzab.

[Muraqqa Qadiani, April 1907]

Summary

The purpose of the above section was to detail a timeline of what happened between the Promised Messiah (AS) and Sanaullah. This proves:

• Promised Messiah (AS) calls 100+ ulema for a Mubahila. All refuse.
• Sanaullah ran away from the challenge of Promised Messiah (AS) 4 times!
• Not only did he run, but he also gave excuses that even if he died, it still proves his own truthfulness.
• By the same year, Promised Messiah (AS) has published countless revelations about his near.
• These revelations were mentioned by Sanaullah to hint at his near death.²
• He (AS) is almost double the age of Sanaullah. (39 vs 74)

Thus, the challenge was not only extremely simple but Sanaullah had all the advantages and more reasons to accept it. He was half the age, and claimed to be a follower of the Khataman Nabiyyin (SAW) but could not take a simple oath with the Mubahila prayer to end the “fitnah” of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS).

He could have at least sacrificed his life for the sake of other Muslims by doing the Mubahila. Because as per him, even if he died, it would not have been binding on anyone to accept the Promised Messiah (AS). So why not just attempt it? There was a 50% chance of him ending the “fitnah” of Ahmadiyyat forever!

Resources

Some Urdu refutations

• Book
  • Ishtehar Maulvi Sanaullah Amritsari sahib ke sath Aakhri Faisla per Tehqeeqi Muqalma (Recommended)
• Articles
  • Ahmadiyya Pocketbook, pg 479
  • Ahmadiyya Taleemi Pocketbook, pg 484
  • AskAhmadiyyat.org Article
  • Maulvi Sanaullah Ke sath Akhri Faisla

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