Death of Maulvi Ghulam Dastagir Qasuri | Mubahala Challenge

Introduction

After claiming to be the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (AS) faced significant opposition from everyone, particularly Muslim scholars. These scholars even resorted to mere curses and foul language.

Since there was no point in academically engaging with such people, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) challenged 110 of these scholars to a Mubahala (prayer-duel), as listed in his book Anjam-e-Atham. One of them was Maulavi Ghulam Dastagir Qasuri.

Death of Dastagir Qasuri

Maulvi Ghulam Dastagir Qasuri remained quiet for a few years until he made the following prayer in his book and accepted the Mubahala. Soon after he published the book, he died.

This is the translation of the text from Majma’ Bahr al-Anwar, and the original text is also quoted in the margin, from which it is proven that Mirza sahib and the Mirzais follow step by step the false Mahdi and counterfeit Messiah of earlier times, and thus the actual refutation and nullity of their claims to being the Mahdi and Messiah has been established.

O Allah, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, O Master of the Kingdom! Just as You, through the prayer and effort of a divinely-guided scholar, Hazrat Muhammad Tahir, author of Majma’ Bahr al-Anwar, exposed the falsehood of that Mahdi and sank the boat of that counterfeit Messiah, similarly accept the prayer and supplication of this humble servant from Qasur, may Allah be with him (who with a sincere heart strives to the best of his ability in support of Your true religion), and grant Mirza of Qadian and his disciples the grace of sincere repentance. And if this is not destined, then make them the object of this Quranic verse: ‘So the people that committed wrong were eliminated, and all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds’ (6:46). Indeed, You have power over all things and are worthy of answering [prayers]. Amen.

.[Fateh Rehmani, pg. 28]

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) Mentions

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS) mentions this sign in his books. Here is one of them:

73. SEVENTY-THIRD SIGN – Similarly, Maulawi Ghulam Dastagir of Qasür unilaterally entered into a mubahilah with me and in his book prayed thus: “May God kill him who is a liar. He himself died a few days after this prayer. What a great Sign this was for the opposing Maulawis, if they could only but understand!

[Haqiqatul Wahi, pp. 292]

145. [ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIFTH] SIGN – In his booklet, Fath-e-Rahmani, that was published to refute me in 1315 Hijrah and was printed at the Ahmadi Press, Ludhiana, Maulawi Ghulam Dastagir Qasuri prayed against me in the form of a mubāhalah. This maledictive prayer of his appears on pages 26 and 27 of the said book:

Mubāhalah of Ghulam Dastagir:

اللَّهُمَّ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ يَا مَالِكَ الْمُلْكِ

[O our Allah, O Master of Glory and Honour, O Lord of Sovereignty]! Just as in response to the prayer and effort of a godly scholar, Hadrat Muhammad Tahir [Gujarati], author of Majma’ Bihar al-Anwar, You destroyed the false Mahdi and fake Messiah (who was born in his time), similar is the prayer and petition of this humble one—Qasuri, may God be on his side, who is exerting to the best of his ability in support of Your true religion—that You may enable the Mirza of Qadian and his companions to genuinely repent, but if that is not so decreed, then make them the object of this verse of the Holy Quran:

فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ إِنَّكَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَبِالْإِجَابَةِ جَدِيرٌ. أَمِينَ.

Meaning, ‘the last remnant of the people who did wrong shall be cut off and praised be God; You have the power to do everything and You accept prayers.’ Amin.

Again, in the footnote on page 26 of the aforementioned book, the Maulawi has written about me:

لَعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ

meaning: ‘May he and his followers perish.’

Thus, I am still alive by the grace of God Almighty and the number of my followers is about fifty times greater than it was at that time. As is obvious, Maulawi Ghulam Dastagir had left the decision regarding my truth or falsehood to the verse فَقُطِعَ دَابِرُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا which in this context means that the root of whosoever is unjust will be cut off, and it is no secret to any scholar that the application of the aforesaid verse is general and it affects the one who is the wrongdoer. Therefore, it was but necessary that the wrongdoer should be destroyed by virtue of this verse. Since in Allah’s sight Ghulam Dastagir Qasuri was the wrongdoer, he did not even get the respite to see the publication of his book, and died even before its publication; everyone knows that he died within a few days after his prayer.

Some ignorant maulawis write that Ghulam Dastagir did not do the mubāhalah; he had only prayed against the wrongdoer. But I say that when he had sought God’s adjudication with my death and had declared me to be the wrongdoer, why then did that malediction backfire upon him? Why did God single out Ghulam Dastagir for death at such a critical time when people were eagerly awaiting the verdict from God; whereas he wished my death in his prayer in order to prove to the world that just as a false Mahdi and false Messiah had died as a result of Muhammad Tahir’s malediction, so would I die as a result of his prayer? Why then was the effect of his prayer exactly the opposite?

It is true that a false Mahdi and a false Messiah had died as a result of Muhammad Tahir’s malediction and emulating that same Muhammad Tahir, Ghulam Dastagir had prayed against me. It is indeed a point to ponder as to what the effect of Muhammad Tahir’s malediction was and what the effect of Ghulam Dastagir’s prayer was. Should you now assert that Ghulam Dastagir died by chance, then you should also affirm that the false Mahdi, too, died by chance and that it was no miracle of Muhammad Tahir’s.

لَعْنَةُ اللهِ عَلَى الْكَاذِبِينَ

[The curse of Allah be upon the liars!]

About eleven years have passed since the death of Ghulam Dastagir. God killed him who was wrongdoer and ruined his house. Now speak up with justice! Who was uprooted and upon whom did the prayer befall? Says Allah the Almighty:

يَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَائِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ

Meaning that: O Prophet! These evil-minded enemies wait for all kinds of calamities to befall you. They themselves will be overtaken by calamities. Thus, according to this noble verse, it is the way of Allah that if anyone invokes a curse upon a truthful person, that very curse backfires on him. This way of Allah is evident from the explicit dicta of the Quran and ahadith.

Now, tell [me], has Ghulam Dastagir—after invoking this curse—died or not? Therefore, explain to me the mystery behind why a false Messiah fell dead from the malediction of Muhammad Tahir, yet the one who prayed against me fell dead himself. God extended my life so that I have remained alive for eleven years, yet He did not grant Ghulam Dastagir even a single month’s respite.

———– Footnote ———-
Ghulam Dastagir’s intention about me was that I would die as a result of his malediction and that it would be the proof that I was a liar and fabricator; and like Muhammad Tahir, it would prove the miracle of Ghulam Dastagir. In this regard my God, addressing me, said

إِنِّي مُهِينٌ مَّنْ أَرَادَ إِهَانَتَكَ

[‘I shall humiliate him who designs to humiliate you’].

In the end, Ghulam Dastagir perished by the verdict of God and I am still alive by the grace of God and this is a magnificent Sign. (Author)

[Haqiqatul Wahi, pp. 414]

Testimony of the Enemies

Many enemies of the Promised Messiah (AS) were shocked at the death of numerous men who came to challenge Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS). Sanaullah was very scared as well.

When Ahmad (AS) challenged him for a Mubahala, he ran away with the following excuse:

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.

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? Good, if this happens again what will be the effect?

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

Non-Ahmadis confirm that Maulavi Ghulam Dastagir Qasoori died in 1897, during the lifetime of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS).

“Mawlana Qasuri (RH) died in 1897. Mirza was alive at that time.”

[Aqeedah Khatm-e-Nabuwwat, vol. 1, pg. 138]

Conclusion

The death of the Maulvi Dastagir Qasuri is one of the biggest signs of the truthfulness of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS). Each and every person who came against him was humiliated. Hundreds of enemies tried to kill him, prayed for his death, challenged him to heavenly signs and or called him for academic challenges. God granted victory to the Promised Messiah (AS) against each of them.

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