The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 370
370 Essence of Islam-III I have called them repeatedly and most emphatically to come forward but they have paid no attention to my invi- tations. In order to expose Sheikh Şāḥib's lack of knowl- edge of Arabic, I announced in Nür-ul-Haq that if he publishes within three months a book matching it in every respect, he would be awarded three thousand ru- pees in cash, and would, in this easy manner, prove my revelations to be false. Otherwise, he would not only be defeated but would be accounted as having acknowl- edged the truth of my revelations. But Sheikh Şahib paid no attention to any of this. Why such indifference? The only reason is that it is beyond his capacity to take up my challenge. . . . God Almighty designed to humiliate this ar- rogant one and to show him how He helps His servants. These books, therefore, were written through the capacity bestowed by God and His special help and under His di- rection. I had fixed the end of June 1894 as the last date for the acceptance of my challenge relating to the match- ing of Karāmāt-uş-Şādiqīn and Nur-ul-Haq, and that date is now past. [Sirrul-Khilafah, Rūņānī Khazā'in vol. 8, pp. 398-400] If Hadrat Sayyed Maulavi Muhammad Nadhir Hussain Şahib or Maulavī Abū Muhammad 'Abd-ul-Haq Şahib consider that I am mistaken in my view on the question of the death of Jesus, and imagine that my viewpoint goes against the Holy Qur'an and Hadīth, it is incumbent upon them that, in order to safeguard the public against being misled by me, they should debate the question with me in this city of Delhi. I propose only three conditions with regard to the holding of the debate. 1. They should assume the responsibility for per- suading the authorities to make arrangements for maintaining law and order since I am only a visi-