The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 434
434. Essence of Islam-III glory. He was a human being and so am I. The light of the sun falls on a wall but the wall cannot claim to be the. Sun. The True Sun can say: Depart from me; and then see whether you have any honour. [Ḥaqiqat-ul-Waḥi, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 22, pp. 285-287]. God has bestowed upon me strength from Himself so that no Christian cleric can withstand me in debate. God has so impressed the hearts of Christian divines with awe that none of them has any strength left to stand up against me. . God has sent me the support of the Holy Spirit and has appointed His angels to keep me company, and no Christian cleric can challenge me. These are the people who used to say that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of. Allah be upon him) performed no miracles and made no prophecy; and now, despite being challenged, they fail to come forward. This is because God has put it in their hearts that they will experience nothing but defeat when they stand up against me. [Tohfah-e-Golarhviyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 17, pp. 149-150]. I proclaim in the name of God Who has sent me, that if any hard-hearted Christian, Hindu or Āryā should deny the bright and clear signs that I have manifested in the past, and should make a simple straightforward announcement in a paper, that on witnessing a sign, whatever it may be, so long as it is beyond human power, he would accept Islām, I am sure that within one year of making such an announcement he will witness a sign. . This is because I draw light from that illumined life which was bestowed upon the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) whom I follow. No one can stand up to it. If there is a seeker after truth from among Christians or Hindus or Āryās, let him come for-