A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 27
i‘j a zul-Ma si h —A Miracle of the Promised Messiah as 27 relevant chiefs, has now been extended to 15 days. Please send the signed announcement within this timeframe. ( Ibid. ) In addition, they offered to pay for one second-class and two intermediate-class return tickets for the railway, for P i r [Meher ‘Al i] and two of his followers, to assist with their expenses for their return trip to Lahore. They concluded by saying: We hope that, to bring the truth to light, you will soon make the necessary arrangements and return back to Lahore. ( Ibid. ) Alas, on this occasion also, P i r Meher ‘Al i refused to accept the registered letter. Thus despite the offer of paying for travel expenses, the P i r and the other like-minded maulavis did not have the courage to present any hadith, as demanded by the Promised Messiah, about the claim of the physical ascent to — and descent from — Heaven of Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ]. They also could not venture into the contest on writing a commentary, nor to make a convincing speech on their position. Conclusive Argument by the Promised Messiah as Once P i r Meher ‘Al i left Lahore, his devotees began to circulate a series of claims, asserting that a holy personage such as P i r Meher ‘Al i had taken the trouble to come to Lahore for a contest on writing a commentary on the Holy Quran, but that when Mirz a