Arba'in — Page 89
Number Three 89 and blessings of Allah be upon him—then I shall pay five hun- dred rupees in cash to the one who cites such a precedent after he provides me evidence equal in stature to the proofs presented by me or the proofs of the Quran. And if there are a number of such persons, they would have the right to distribute the money among themselves. They will have a period of fifteen days from the pub- lication of this announcement to cite an example from anywhere in the world. It is occasion for regret that my opponents neither benefited from the heavenly Signs nor attained any guidance from the earthly Signs in relation to when my claim of being the Promised Messiah was made. God manifested Signs from every angle, but the progeny of worldly people refused to accept them. There now exists a tussle between them and God; that is, God wills to mani- fest the truth of His Servant—whom He has sent—with brilliant arguments and Signs, yet these people want him destroyed. They desire his end to be deplorable and for him to be destroyed before their very eyes. They want to see his Jam a‘ at disbanded and dis- solved, so they may mock and be merry—looking derisively upon those who were members of this Movement—and so they may exult to themselves, ‘Rejoice, for this day you have seen your enemy vanquished and witnessed his Jam a‘ at torn apart in disarray!’ But will their desires come to fruition and will such a delight- ful day dawn upon them? The reply to this is that if it had dawned upon those who were like them [in the past], it will also dawn upon them [in the future]. When Abu Jahl prayed during the bat- tle of Badr, ھذا الموطن ى كان منّا كاذبًا فاحنہ ف من اللّٰھم meaning, ‘O Lord! Out of the two of us’—that is, Muhammad Mu st af a , may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and me—‘kill the one who