Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 117
Details of the Signs 117 with me is based on a single contention. Then why are you not satisfied by the most manifest signs? In relation to Jesus’ death, we have strongly adhered to the Quran. However, you possess only words of mouth. Even if we, for the sake of argument, believe that [the Quranic terms] has dual implication, even then, in the eyes of wise, the meaning that has been presented by Divine Arbiter is worthier of acceptance. Anything opposed to this is sheer transgression, falsehood and imposture. Some prophecies contain metaphors, so, O those who are wise, make sure that you are not led to misunderstanding by the literal meanings of certain Hadith. After all, what precedent has forced you to accept the meaning that you have accepted? What path are you giving preference to? By Allah, you possess nothing but the customs and rituals that you have inherited from your forefathers. And, this is the very reason for your transgression. It is only your assumption that you have the ability to write the commentary of certain chapters of the Quran competing against me and that you comprehend the Quran as I do. By employing this drivel, your only purpose is to make my affair dubious for the ignorant people of this age. If you possess the strength for this competition and you can actually refute this miracle that has been vouchsafed to me from Allah the Glorious, then I accept your invitation to compete with you and thus demonstrate who is higher in rank on the condition that the learned scholars of your camp should accept you as their representative and consider your humiliation to be their humiliation. So now it is incumbent upon you that you present twenty written statements from twenty well- known religious scholars of the country whereby they accept this condition, and if such an effort is beyond your means then you