A Present to Kings — Page 66
( 66 ) further enquiries concerning the teacher. Here, by way of earnest, I deem it proper to mention only a few among the signs manifested by God in his favour, so that Your Highness may be acquainted with a few more proofs of the truth of his claim. . A LITERARY MIRACLE. . I would first make mention of one literary miracle of the claimant similar in nature to the miracle of the Holy Quran. . It is the beauty of his Arabic works which have never been equalled in their excellence, and about which he repeatedly made the announcement, that even if the learned men of. Egypt, Syria and Arabia should combine to produce their like, they would never succeed in their attempt. With some of the books he even announced prizes to be paid to any one who could produce their like. But strange it is that in spite of the bitterest enmity which the Ulemas bore and still bear towards him, up to now no one has ventured to claim the equality of his Arabic works, and when a certain person prepared for the attempt, God removed him from the world before he could finish and publish his work, thus sealing the truth of his accredited messenger. Thanks be to God, that the members of this movement are now to be found in Egypt,. Syria and Arabia, and the works of its founder have found entrance into those countries, but up to date no one has had the courage to write a book to rival any of those works. . Rather on the contrary several eminent Ulemas of Beyrout have asked for copies of the works and have admitted their excellence. Only a few days ago one learned gentleman of. Beyrout, the Superintendent of the Madrasa-i-Suria, and another gentleman asked for the Arabic works of the Promised Messiah and wrote expressing their wish to make them known to their countrymen. Similarly, two Ulemas of the Al-Azhar University, who read one of the works of the Promised Messiah, expressed their wonder at the same and asked for other works of the teacher for circulation among the members of the. University.