Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 119
Details of the Signs 119 one! How can you compete with me? Only the accursed ones tell lies, and to consume the filth of lies is worse than consuming swine. Your people know that you are an ignoramus. No knowl- edgeable person would declare you to be knowledgeable. Now if you are making this claim truly honestly and if you are not the Antichrist who boasts and brags, then you should provide some evidence of your excellence. The easiest way of doing so is that if you are indeed truthful and not like a filth-eating cow, then you should produce a book like this one. If you present a peer of this book of mine within a period of twenty days, that is, a book which contains verities and excellences of eloquence and scholarship, I will, by Allah, forthwith hand over to you a prize of one hundred rupees, and this, on the other hand, would also render my proclaimed miracle to be false. This would be as if I was killed at your hands. You will then be showered with rewards and I will have no argument left against you making your path absolutely clear for you and the matter shall be decided for good. All sects will then become united and all of this will be attrib- uted to you and your excellence, and many hearts will be watered by your so-called ambrosial water and all discord in the Ummah will be removed. So if you are indeed a worthwhile person, you ought to stand up and present something similar to it within the stipulated period of time. Perhaps this will enable you to make amends for the curse you have already tasted, and Allah will vouchsafe respect to you after the disgrace that you have wit- nessed. If you are truly a noble man from both sides, that is, from your paternal and maternal sides, you must not seek to avoid this contest with me which entails a huge reward. In this way, the truth shall become manifest like the fish travelling in clear water